“One”

The Sermon on St. Patrick’s Day was partly inspired by the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, ending the long-running conflict between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. One reading was a poem from the play, “The Cure at Troy” by Seamus Hearney.

An excerpt of the play is at:

https://www.thenatureofthings.blog/2020/08/poetry-sunday-excerpt-from-cure-at-troy.html

The second reading was adapted from Nelson Mandela’s inaugural address, “Let Freedom Reign.” The full script is available at:

https://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/pdf/2009/162756.pdf

Submitted by Teresa Wilmot in memory of Dale Dunnigan