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Thoughts on the Afternoon of Maundy

The Church of St. Peter Gallicantu (the Cockcrowing)  stands on the steep slope of the Kidron Valley south of the...
Herbert O'Driscoll
April 6, 2023
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Wounded Healer

It’s in the nature of things that some illnesses and accidents come. For two weeks we tasted the pleasure of a...
Herbert O'Driscoll
April 4, 2023
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Long Beach

The road running along behind the beach is glistening with light rain. On either side the vegetation has the wild...
Herbert O'Driscoll
March 24, 2023
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TWO FACES

The human face is a wonderful thing. I sometimes think of it, or see it, as a kind of country, or rather, the map...
Herbert O'Driscoll
March 20, 2023
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SERENITY

Up above my study door there is a text. It’s not from the Bible. It’s from the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr, a...
Herbert O'Driscoll
March 13, 2023
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The Cost

Lenten Reflection
Herbert O'Driscoll
March 7, 2023
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What will survive of us?

What will survive of us? I ask a boon. Considering the age, I ask it for, I think you will be glad to grant it. I...
Herbert O'Driscoll
February 23, 2023
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DOOLEY’S LORRY

A child has the great gift of turning the ordinary into something romantic and exotic. In fact, for a child there...
Herbert O'Driscoll
February 15, 2023
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The Saucer

The longer I move around this four-score years and whatever which I am allotted, the more I appreciate the odd...
Herbert O'Driscoll
February 9, 2023
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LOVELY AS A TREE

My study window looks out on our front garden. Our kitchen window looks out on our back garden. Each one gives us a...
Herbert O'Driscoll
January 31, 2023

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