Sr. Marie Galvin, R.I.P.
Sr. Marie Galvin died peacefully at St. Columban’s Nursing Home, Magheramore, Wicklow on 17th January 2020. Sr. Marie is sadly missed by all.
Recalling John ODonohue’s poem on Beannacht can give us strength and gather our experience of having journeyed with a loved one about to cross the divide.
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo, red, green,
and azure blue
come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.
John O’Donohue
Beannacht/Blessing, Echoes of Memory.
The Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, 20th January, at 11.30am in the Convent Chapel, Magheramore, Wicklow, followed by burial in the Convent Cemetery.
Marie, May you Rest in peace
