About the Author: John Odonohue

John O'Donohue died in his sleep on January 3, 2008, three months before this book was published. He lived in County Clare, Ireland, where his father was a stone mason. He was a former Roman Catholic priest who left the church because he disagreed with its decrees about Eros and because he did not have sufficient time to write. A philosopher, poet and teacher, he was well known for his popularization of Celtic spirituality. During the last ten years of his life he was the author of five books, Eternal Echoes, (1998), Conamara Blues, (2000), Divine Beauty, (2003). Anam Cara (1997) and this book (2008)

  • To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings

    By Published On: September 30, 2010

    From the author of the bestselling Anam Cara comes a beautiful collection of blessings to help readers through both the everyday and the extraordinary events of their lives.John O'Donohue, Irish teacher and poet, has been widely praised for his gift of drawing on Celtic spiritual traditions to create words of inspiration and wisdom for today. In To Bless the Space Between Us his compelling blend of elegant, poetic language and spiritual insight offers readers comfort and encouragement on their journeys through life. O'Donohue looks at life's thresholds-getting married, having children, starting a new job-and offers invaluable guidelines for making the transition from a known, familiar world into a new, unmapped territory. Most profoundly, however, O'Donohue explains "blessing" as a way of life, as a lens through which the whole world is transformed.