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St Patricks Day reflections and observances

Songs by Irish performers, bands, and musicians or songs about Ireland: ST PATRICK’S PROTECTION PRAYER Full text may be found here: https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/greenford/wp-content/uploads/sites/127/2020/03/St-Patricks-Breastplate.pdf Abbreviated version: St Patrick’s Breastplate or The Lorica I arise todayThrough the strength of heaven;Light of the sun,Splendor of fire,Speed of lightning,Swiftness of the wind,Depth of the sea,Stability of the earth,Firmness of the rock. I arise[…]

Lenten Reflection Day 25 (Mar 18): THIRST (from John 4:5-42).

SONG: All Who Are Thirsty by Vineyard Music: https://youtu.be/K71EYID22l4 POEM: Jane Hirshfield: A Well Runs Out of Thirst (excerpt): A well runs out of thirst the way time runs out of a week, the way a country runs out of its alphabet or a tree runs out of its height … A person comes into[…]

Lenten Reflection Day 24 (Mar 17): HOUR IS COMING (from John 4:5-42).

SONG: Jesus Is Coming Back by Jordan Feliz: https://youtu.be/pPo4wuQolTQ POEM: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Coming (excerpt): Because the time is ripe, the age is ready, Because the world her woman’s help demands, Out of the long subjection and seclusion, Come to our field of warfare and confusion, The mother’s heart and hands. QUOTE: Winston Churchill: To[…]

Lenten Reflection Day 23 (Mar 16): BELIEVE (from John 4:5-42).

SONG: Believer by Imagine Dragons: https://youtu.be/7wtfhZwyrcc POEM: Mahogany L. Browne: Country of Water (excerpt): I know who I am because I believe it / The breath in my chest / Insistent in its choice / The skin that I’m in / The bones and blood and veins / It carries like a promise QUOTE: Anne[…]

Lenten Reflection Day 22 (Mar 15): GIVE (from John 4:5-42).

SONG: Give by LeAnn Rimes: https://youtu.be/vALhBgHC_FE POEM: Kahlil Gibran: On Giving (excerpt): Then said a rich man, Speak to us of Giving. And he answered: You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give… And there are those who have little and give[…]