Digging by Seamus Heaney
Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father,…
Poetry
Leonard Cohen – Everybody knows (live in London, 2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUfS8LyeUyM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The Priestin’ Of Father John (by John D Sheridan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrmY779AGXw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Pat McNamara – An Evangelist ….
I asked someone to show me this grave. It’s in the cemetery adjacent to Urlaur Abbey and is the grave of Pat McNamara who was once a teacher in nearby…
Ordination
Next Sunday, Paul Kivlehan will be ordained a priest of Achonry Diocese. It will be the first such ordination in the diocese in ten years and is a source of…
Flesh and Blood (Johnny Cash Song!)
I think you know I like Johnny Cash. I came across this version of one of his songs last night. It features three fine singers and sounds pretty good –…
Digging
I have a Funeral Mass in the parish this morning. Last night the son of the man we will bury later today, told me his father loved cutting turf –…
The Touch of The Master’s Hand
Earlier today I received and email from a man who checks this blog regularly and who has made very kind comments on the site and privately. He was bringing to…
“Old Ideas” ….. Leonard Cohen
I got Leonard Cohen’s new album “Old Ideas” during the week. The songs, as usual, are thought provoking but one, in particular caught my attention. It’s called “Come Healing” and…
Be Thankful
Be Thankful Thanksgiving Poem (I heard this poem this morning – December 21st – read by Maeve McGivern on RTE Radio. Maeve is a young girl from Leitrim who, earlier…