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A review by inthecommonhours
Benedictus: A Book of Blessings by John O'Donohue
5.0
I consider John O’Donohue my self-selected patron saint. A poem/blessing of his, A Blessing for One Who Is Exhausted, was the last thing I posted on my blog after almost 10 years of posts. And his was the best “On Being” episode I’ve heard. I bought this book last summer in Ireland. It is the UK version of the book known in the USA as “To Bless the Space Between Us.”
It took more than a year to finish it, but I’ll miss picking it up and hearing his voice in my head. So many dog-earred pages. I read one of his blessings for leaders at our directors’ retreat, which felt like a risk but also felt right. Many of the blessings deal with grief and death. All the more poignant knowing that O’Donohue died so young.
I’ll keep picking it up, and may get the audio version as well to just hear his voice.
It took more than a year to finish it, but I’ll miss picking it up and hearing his voice in my head. So many dog-earred pages. I read one of his blessings for leaders at our directors’ retreat, which felt like a risk but also felt right. Many of the blessings deal with grief and death. All the more poignant knowing that O’Donohue died so young.
I’ll keep picking it up, and may get the audio version as well to just hear his voice.