Readings from the Book of Exile
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Readings from the Book of Exile - Pádraig Ó Tuama
A reading from the book of exile chapter one
there are no chapters
Deoraíocht* (Exile)
And their god was carved
from their own hollow breathing
their toil was hard
their babies born grieving.
Clothed with desire
they continued believing
that their lives began
with their edenic leaving.
And he’s afraid.
And he will fear.
And he is hiding.
And he is here.
Their path was worn
as the furnace was yawning
they slept in the evening
they spoke in the dawning.
She was the mother
of all that was breathing.
He was the earth
and she was his reason.
And she’s afraid.
And she will fear.
And she is hiding.
And she is here.
They came from nothing
so the nothing came with them.
Their chaos lay open
and their chaos played with them.
And they’re afraid.
And they will fear.
And they are hiding.
And they are here.
They move between
cunning and exposure
sometimes one answer, sometimes many,
sometimes silence, never closer.
And we’re afraid.
And we fear.
And we are hiding.
And we are here.
Narrative theology # 1
(for Peter Saunders)
And I said to him
Are there answers to all of this?
And he said
The answer is in a story
and the story is being told.
And I said
But there is so much pain
And she answered, plainly,
Pain will happen.
Then I said
Will I ever find meaning?
And they said
You will find meaning
Where you give meaning.
The answer is in the story
And the story isn’t finished.
Circle
(for