Fr Patrick Clarke
22 March 1931 - 26 April 2022
Remember in your prayers the soul of Columban Fr
Patrick 'Paddy' Clarke who died peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday 26
April.
Father Paddy worked for thirty years in Japan and
when he came back to Ireland spent eleven years in St Jude's Parish,
Templeogue, Dublin, not far from where he grew up. He was much loved
there for his gentleness and kindness and many of the parishioners
attended his funeral here in St Columban's, Dalgan Park, this morning.
A unique experience for me at Father Paddy's
funeral Mass was that he had written the homily himself, based on Deuteronomy 6:4-7, the
First Reading, and Mark 12:28-34, the Gospel,
both of which he had chosen for his funeral Mass. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The
second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no
other commandment greater than these.
Father Paddy's obituary is on the website of the Columbans in Ireland here. May he rest in peace.
1 comment:
Dearest Father Seán,
That must indeed have been a very unique experience for hearing the homily being written by the deceased Priest himself.
But it is great for 'speaking' to others that way from beyond the grave almost.
Souls never die...
Hugs,
Mariette
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