tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post385107561721435191..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: A beggar, a drug addict, a layabout....a complete loser....Richard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-73523243252109257482013-11-28T21:02:44.895+00:002013-11-28T21:02:44.895+00:00JN - stirring stuff, thank you.JN - stirring stuff, thank you.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-80146179410358485602013-11-28T19:44:59.093+00:002013-11-28T19:44:59.093+00:00"It is little I repair to the matches of the ..."It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,<br />Though my own red roses there may blow;<br />It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,<br />Though the red roses crest the caps, I know.<br />For the field is full of shades as I near a shadowy coast,<br />And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,<br />And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host,<br />As the run-stealers flicker to and fro,<br />To and fro:-<br />O my Hornby and my Barlow long ago!"<br /><br />Francis Thompson, "At Lord's".John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-60699219057901570452013-11-25T23:12:16.448+00:002013-11-25T23:12:16.448+00:00He also wrote a biography of St Ignatius Loyola, ...He also wrote a biography of St Ignatius Loyola, which may have been one of the first Catholic books I read. I still have it and have read it at least once more.annmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09623314203099896293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-64236677488729912102013-11-14T06:33:51.901+00:002013-11-14T06:33:51.901+00:00Thank you LS and also Ojcetc......Thank you LS and also Ojcetc......Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-50241136781613789432013-11-14T00:51:40.142+00:002013-11-14T00:51:40.142+00:00Man is not made for this world.....we are made for...Man is not made for this world.....we are made for God. Most men look for happiness in the wrong places, but in reality man's restless heart is searching for God.<br />True happiness can be found only in God. May God give 'grace', to all that have 'restless hearts!.<br /><br />Thank you for posting this very heart-warming story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-11210001340542668272013-11-13T22:12:01.278+00:002013-11-13T22:12:01.278+00:00Oh, my merciful God, how beautiful. Oh, God grant...Oh, my merciful God, how beautiful. Oh, God grant him rest and may perpetual Light shine upon him. Long-Skirtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791967605782446951noreply@blogger.com