Random thoughts on the journey
There came a day that none foresaw,when nothing would as was before.When all we knew just fell away.We all knew where we were that day. All we held to, everything dearseemed to evaporate in fearour worlds then shrunk to home alonewas this an end or just begun? And when the trappings fall awaywhen all we've … Continue reading On COVID 19
In between: a shadow land silence, pain, foreboding. side and feet, the nailed hands, blood drenched earth. End's beginning tension building silence as the blackness roars. hold out for the third day's dawning a day as never was before. “To be sure, it was not Easter Sunday but Holy Saturday, but, the more … Continue reading Holy Saturday
Who can know the reasons why, that some will live and some will die. That hearts will break and tears will flow, why such pain, we may not know. He knows each hair upon our heads knows our hurt, our fears, our dread He longs to draw us close to Him To soothe us, to … Continue reading Father and Son
You set the boundaries to the seas, You gave the heavens their place. You created order from the chaos. You gave every created thing its place to be, In the air, on the land and in the sea. And you made us over it as gift. Who are we that You should so … Continue reading Marion Bay
Where is the light? Whence comes the morn? It seems like forever this darkness. My heart is grown weary, my mind’s eyes grow dim, My soul is overcome by the sadness. When all hope seems gone, and the night travels on Like the dragging of heavy feet in the snow. When nothing seems real, … Continue reading finding Hope
This path your on you did not choose, it chose you my friend. You serve a God who called you through it and promised life without end. He knows your pain, it hung with Him upon that Easter tree. His arms held wide as if to say: Come, give it all to me. … Continue reading A well-worn path
When everything around you burns when colours drain; step into the deep When all you've known and thought and held is shaken when there's nothing left to lean upon; step into the deep. When wind and waves rise from the deep and rage about your sodden feet and threaten you; step into the deep Lift … Continue reading Into the deep
Caoimhín, nobleman, you were nobler still, You loved life and honoured its beauty. For those whom you knew, we drew strength from you As it seemed your solemnest duty. Like Glendalough’s son who held high the sparrow You lifted humanity higher. In adversity borne, like the crisp light of dawn, Your calling could not … Continue reading Kevin Fitzpatrick – in Memoriam
Mary mother what did you say to the child upon your breast? What soothing sounds, what song what rhyme fell upon Him from your lips? You knew His destiny, you said your 'Yes', not once, but for all time, So, tell me now my Mother, too, What song, what little rhyme? More than a Mother's … Continue reading A Mother’s song
The forever child Born, born-again, new life Dawn, flight, light breezes. The senses know the story. A story old but ever new. Light is the heart that ponders. Born of the earth to grow, to live and die, But always the forever child. To each of us, Born to grow. But sorrows, trauma, hurts and … Continue reading Forever child
Paul Russell: Musings 