When my wife and I got in the car the other day the radio was tuned to the U2 channel on Sirius. U2 is one of our favorite bands, and talking that day was a writer and theologian by the name of Martin Wroe. He is a friend of Bono, U2's lead singer, and he talked about a discovery he made while touring with the band.

In the corner of a book store in Mumbai, India, Wroe found a book called Benedictus: A Book of Blessings, by the late John O'Donohue, an Irish poet and philosopher. O'Donohue often said that he didn't like religion to get in the way of spirituality, so you won't hear any specific references to God.

Martin Wroe read from this book, and I found it really meaningful. So in this episode I read a short passage from Benedictus in the hope you will find meaning in the words as well.