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Séamus Ahearne: May the nourishment of the earth be yours; may the fluency of the ocean be yours; may the protection of the ancestors be yours; and so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind you. (John O Donohue)

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MICHAEL & TIMOTHY: Two big characters from my past, loomed rather large, in recent time: Tim Radcliffe OP led the Synodal participants into Reflection. Michael Campbell Johnston SJ died. Tim…

The Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, was cut down in an act of vandalism last week.

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Chris McDonnell reflects: Sycamore Gap                                                                      Standing in a sloping gap                                                                      in a dry stone wall                                                                      a sycamore tree spread                                                                      its open hand shadow                                                                      across the…

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