Rainer Maria Rilke - Give me your hand

The poem was written by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) and translated by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows. The video was shot at Spanish Point, County Clare. Rainer Maria Rilke was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, with undertones of mysticism, he is widely recognized as one of the German language's greatest 20th Century poets. This particular poem is taken from 'Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God' `Berkley Publishing Group, 1996 - ISBN 9781573225854 (ISBN10: 1573225851).

Part of the Church of Ireland, St Columba’s Church teaches and ministers within the progressive Christianity tradition. It seeks to be a church that is welcoming and inclusive, affirming and open in its liberal theology; and whilst we don’t claim to have all the answers, we are most certainly committed to ‘living the questions’. We have influences of Celtic spirituality in our worship and view of the natural world, living as we do in the beauty of County Clare.

The Church of Ireland also forms part of the Anglican communion which is an association of Anglican churches from 38 provinces, including the Church of England, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church in Wales, the Episcopal Church in the USA (otherwise known as the Episcopalians) and churches across the globe. With 80 million members, it is the third largest Christian body in the world, after the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.

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