1 Introduction

INTRODUCTION

They can be like a sun, words.
They can do for the heart
what light can
for a field.
—John of the Cross, Love Poems from God
In October 2009 I was on pilgrimage in Ireland. We were visiting Glendalough, the ruins of an ancient Celtic monastic community founded by St. Kevin. One morning was dark and stormy, and I had taken a long walk on the property and was watching the great gatherings of crows in the trees…

Taken from Lectio Divina the Sacred Art by Christine Valters Painter