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For Marriage is a sweet, heartfelt poem written by Irish priest and poet John O'Donohue and as a ceremony reading would be a great option for a close friend or family member. It's a beautiful depiction of married life that draws on powerful images from nature.
2 Νοε 2021 · “The word blessing evokes a sense of warmth and protection; it suggests that no life is alone or unreachable. Each life is clothed in raiment of spirit that secretly links it to everything else.” I think his blessing for marriage is also a blessing for transitions of many kinds: a birth, a new job, a new lease on life.
The poet John O’Donohue offers this blessing. FOR MARRIAGE. As spring unfolds the dream of the earth, May you bring each other’s hearts to birth. As the ocean finds calm in view of land, May you love the gaze of each other’s mind. As the wind arises free and wild, May nothing negative control your lives. As kindly as moonlight might ...
6 Ιαν 2020 · For Celebration — John O’Donohue’s Blessing. Glad for this invocation of celebration from the poet and priest, John O’Donohue. His book, “To Bless the Space Between Us” remains a favorite. Yesterday, to begin a day with UCC Pastors, I read the poem below.
8 Δεκ 2023 · Complement with a blind hero of the French resistance on how to live in light, a Baldwin-lensed meditation on the light between us, and David Whyte’s “Blessing for the Light,” inspired by John O’Donohue, then revisit O’Donohue on why we fall in love and the essence of friendship.
16 Οκτ 2012 · It’s an amazing collection, each blessing giving us much to reflect on and draw upon in times of need, and in times of celebration. John sadly passed away unexpectedly in 2008. Yet his works carry the power that will last many generations to come.
