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John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby LadyCelt » 02 Mar 2008, 19:55

Celtic Christian poet, philosopher and scholar. Rest in peace, John. :candle:

The inner music never abandons you.
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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby Dryadia2 » 02 Mar 2008, 20:16

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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby Turtle » 02 Mar 2008, 20:56

LadyCelt wrote:Celtic Christian poet, philosopher and scholar. Rest in peace, John. :candle:

The inner music never abandons you.
--John O'Donohue


Whoa! When did this happen? I was just reading his book and getting a lot of comfort out of it.

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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby Seeker » 02 Mar 2008, 22:33

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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby Damascus-Templar » 02 Mar 2008, 23:47

Re-broadcast of an interview with John O'Donahue on Minnesota Public Radio's Speaking of Faith program at 9:00PM. You can access the web-site and get pod-casts I'm pretty sure.

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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby LadyCelt » 02 Mar 2008, 23:51

That's how I found out about his death...my radio came on this morning and I woke up to the sound of his lovely voice. As I settled back into my pillow to listen, the interviewer mentioned it was a rebroadcast of one of the last interviews of the "late" John O'Donohue. :gloomy:

Turtle, he died Jan. 3, peacefully, in his sleep. He was 52. Gone far too soon.

His writings have touched my life deeply.
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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby SidheAingeal » 03 Mar 2008, 02:03

That is sad, I was fond of his writings. :(

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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby Turtle » 03 Mar 2008, 08:35

LadyCelt wrote:Turtle, he died Jan. 3, peacefully, in his sleep. He was 52. Gone far too soon.

His writings have touched my life deeply.


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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby Twig » 03 Mar 2008, 08:40

I'm a fan of his, too. What a shocker -- only 52. Wow...

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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby BlueRaven » 03 Mar 2008, 12:01

Had the great privilege of hearing him speak a couple of years ago. A poetic master and a spiritual genius. If Churchianity had more souls like this one I would have stayed for longer myself. But then he too had to leave the institution to set his deepest and most creativity potential free! And now he is freer still and flies with the birds he so movingly described.

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Re: John O'Donohue (1954-2008)

Postby Lady Nimue » 04 Mar 2008, 14:26

Mr. O'Donohue, thank you for your inspirations.....
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