Lux In Tenebris Lucet: Tuesday, December 6
Day 9 of our 28-day Advent journey of mini-dispatches to give you pause and light.
"And then there was St Kevin and the blackbird.
The saint is kneeling, arms stretched out, inside
His cell, but the cell is narrow, so
"One turned-up palm is out the window, stiff
As a crossbeam, when a blackbird lands
And lays in it and settles down to nest.
"Kevin feels the warm eggs, the small br…