06/03/2026
Thinking about St Kevin of Glendalough - sharing a beautiful poem to mark his feast day:
Monks taught you,
but you did not dwell
with your brothers,
went the hermit's way,
prayed alone.
A blackbird
laid her eggs
in your hand.
You held them
until they hatched,
her whole world
in your hands.
The heaven's are God's;
the earth God gives us.
Teach us to love this world,
to hold its eggs gently
and when they hatch
to open our hands
and glory in their flight.
~ Bonnie Bowman Thurston, from Belonging to Borders
📷 G. Sanders
