John O'Donohue Rest in Peace

John O'Donohue 1954-2008

I was listening CBC radio on Sunday, during a three-hour drive across to northern edge of Lake Ontario. CBC is always good company. It was a Tapestry interview with John O'Donohue, ex-priest, philosopher, theologian, poet and lovely speaker. You can hear the interview on podcast. I'm not catholic, but couldn't help but be awed. He had a wonderful view of life, lovely. He said there is a part of every man's /woman's soul that is pure and good, innocent of the ugliness we see in the world and the ugliness in our own lives, free of the mistakes we've made, the guilt we feel. He said this is the place to go to when you need to feel that purity and beauty. Oh, the things he talked about. His voice was a choir and his words were poetry. Sadly, John O'Donohue died two weeks ago at the age of 53. I wish I'd known him.

‘I would love to live

Like a river flows

Carried by the surprise

Of its own unfolding.’

John O'Donohue

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