Presence - John O'Donohue

Recorded in April 2021 - just as Covid 19 travel restrictions were eased to allow the journey to Lough Derg - a view of County Clare. The poem is entitled 'For Presence' in Benedictus - A Book of Blessings, by John O'Donohue, Bantam Press 2007
Music: 'Lovely Maria' by Aislinn is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. freemusicarchive.org
Sound: zapsplat.com
Part of the Church of Ireland, St Columba’s Church teaches and ministers within the progressive Christianity tradition. It seeks to be a church that is welcoming and inclusive, affirming and open in its liberal theology; and whilst we don’t claim to have all the answers, we are most certainly committed to ‘living the questions’. We have influences of Celtic spirituality in our worship and view of the natural world, living as we do in the beauty of County Clare.
The Church of Ireland also forms part of the Anglican communion which is an association of Anglican churches from 38 provinces, including the Church of England, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church in Wales, the Episcopal Church in the USA (otherwise known as the Episcopalians) and churches across the globe. With 80 million members, it is the third largest Christian body in the world, after the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.