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True crime stories What now can we learn? That Thailand is a paradise But only if you return Our atomised existence Wanting sea and sand In far distant places Away from all command   Meeting up with strangers Suddenly best friends Off we go together We know where this will end Social life has brokenContinue reading “The Dark”

Through purple heather climbing higher Grey stone rocks and scree Summit stones as markers Circle stone mystery Finally the summit Memory stones lie there Eight hundred and six metres High high in the air   Nephin majestic mountain Sheer fell to the ground Majestic views of Mayo Lough Conn silent sound Many is the timeContinue reading “Nephin”

Luke 5:1-11   Natural auditorium Needing but a stage A fishing boat will do the trick Told in every age How he spoke the word to them Then the catch of fish Amazement of the fishermen What kind of man is this?   This is the man we long to be With truly human heartContinue reading “How It Begins”

I came across a word today Anastasia Luke chapter four Something to amaze you It refers to Peter’s mother-in-law She in bed with fever The Lord touched and cured her Caused the ill to leave her   Anastasia means resurrection The ill lady got up Restored to health She waited on them all And thereContinue reading “Anastasia”

He was an open honest man You could see it in his face A gentleness resided there With promises of peace He opened Russia to the world Dismantled years of pain A prophet in his own house We need his like again   He met John Paul they talked awhile Agreed on many things TheContinue reading “Mikhail Gorbachev”

Mick Lynch our local hero He says it like it is And Bernie Sanders comes to town To add his voice to his The issue is our poverty Is running very high While fat cats and their billions Don’t even wonder why   Riches are a danger The Lord made very clear The rich manContinue reading “Dangerous Times”

We use the head when out of doors We keep our heart at home Hard headed thinking takes the floor Emotional undertone   Then we hear a song again Tugging at the heart Barbra Streisand sings again We’re back where lovers start   Songs stir up our feelings It says do not disturb The songContinue reading “The Way We Were”

Luke 4:31-37   He spoke with authority The people were impressed In long ago Capernaum He’s genuine they confessed A man disturbed in spirit Abused his power to save Jesus cured his malady People were amazed   Hitler spoke to people’s pain To their hardship and their pride He deceived a suffering nation He boastedContinue reading “A Town In Galilee”

On this August day When John the Baptist dies I think of certain soldiers And of their dying cries   John and Owen Trumble Great uncles they of mine Orphaned in their childhood days Killed before their time   John in Flanders May ‘16 Before the scourge of Somme Owen near Jerusalem Christmas Day justContinue reading “Brothers in Arms”

When people place their trust in you It forms your very soul Their confidence their tears are gifts They form your priestly role For thirty years I played that part Receiver of their souls They talked to me and trusted me Their lives in me like scrolls   It’s in me still the treasure OfContinue reading “Becoming Human”

Young folk aren’t aware Of how bad the world can be Young folk away from home First taste of liberty Making friends and clubbing Walk home in the dark Never make it to their door Somewhere a dog will bark   It shouldn’t be like this we say Everyone should be free To walk theContinue reading “The Terrors Of The Night”

The news of the world is bad news The war now in Ukraine The cost of living here at home Everything’s a pain The incidence of murder Sexual assault We look around and wonder Who is now at fault?   But there’s other news to listen to The news that’s nearer home How do IContinue reading “Human Caravan”

When you’ve been a preacher You learn the power of words You feel their force Their rhyme their rhythm Their swaying power To bless to curse   And when you’ve been a teacher Standing before a class Addressing them for hours In lectures to the mass You know how to enthral them How to holdContinue reading “The Power and the Wisdom”

The Power and the Wisdom By John L McKenzie A book I read at college long ago Inspiring voice came off the page Alive and fresh and vigour A voice that I was searching for Enthusiasm’s trigger   Today at mass the reading Quotes Paul’s impressive phrase Jesus the power and wisdom The light ofContinue reading “Remembering John L McKenzie”

  If we knew what was before us We wouldn’t start at all It’s a mercy that it’s hidden from us Or we’d turn and face the wall   On my way home from shopping There’s a long clear stretch of road If I look out to the far end My bag is a heavyContinue reading “The Day That’s In It”