by Brian O'HarePublish: Nov 29, 2023Religion & Spirituality
Book Overview
A Spiritual Odyssey" is the compelling story of a six-year journey on two converging paths - a burgeoning spirituality, and a dramatic physical degeneration that took the author to the doors of death. It is essentially a witness to the miraculous grace of God, and how it reaches into both soul and body. The author struggles wi... th questions of a theological nature, but not in an academic way. The questions emerge from the practical, often confusing circumstances, in which the author finds himself as he copes with dying and tries to understand his growing spirituality.
Significant commentators had this to say about A Spiritual Odyssey:
1. "Some of the medical descriptions chill the blood but the religious explorations are heart-warming .... a fine exposition of the riches of the Catholic tradition [David McLaurin, The Tablet]
2. Intelligent and sensitive...very moving...gives a graphic account of suffering and anguish...gives us wonderful vignettes of people he met on his journey. [Anthony Redmond, The Irish Catholic]
3. I read it with enjoyment and, I hope, profit. What distinguishes it from other spiritual works is the clarity of the prose and the honesty of the author [Professor Art Cosgrove, Vice-Chancellor, University College, Dublin]
4. It deserves a very wide readership as it has the potential to do a lot of good for God’s holy people. I have bought extra copies for friends who will be deeply touched by it.read more
BIOGRAPHY Because of a debilitating illness, Dr.Brian O’Hare [B.A., ADCE(Hons.), M.A., Ph.D] took early retirement in 1998 from his post as Assistant Director of a large Regional College in Newry in Northern Ireland. It transpired that he had an irreversible liver disease (a childhood affliction) that required a liver transpl... ant. He now enjoys full health, plays golf three times a week and writes from time to time.
He is author of articles in several educational journals, has written substantial reports published by the Dept. Education (NI) and the University of Ulster.,
After retirement he moved to non-academic writing.
Current books:
A Spiritual Odyssey (A Memoir)
The Miracle Ship (A Biography)
Fallen Men (a novel – psychological drama/contemporary romance)
AND
The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries series
1. Angel of Death
2. Die This Hour
3. Killer of Souls
4. Murder on the Dark Web
5. Murder of a Runaway
6. Conduit to Murder
7. The Fourth Victim.
8. Marked for Deathread more