Irish monk St Kevin was praying with outstretched arms when a blackbird landed in his palm and constructed a nest. He held his hand outstretched until the hatchlings flew off. An apt metaphor for the vocation of an editor @OrbisBooks and writing about sts for @GiveUsThisDayLP

Nov 25, 2019 · 6:10 PM UTC

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See the amazing poem by Seamus Heaney: “St Kevin and the Blackbird” poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/s…
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