Paul Murray (poet) explained

Honorific-Prefix:	The Reverend
Paul Murray
Honorific-Suffix:	O.P.
Religion:	Roman Catholic
Order:	Dominican
Other Name:	"Father Paul"
Nationality:	Irish
Birth Date:	1947 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Newcastle, County Down
Location:	Rome, Italy
Ordination:	1973
Profession:	1967
Education:	University College Dublin Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Present Post:	Rome, Italy

Paul Brendan Murray, ^[1] (born 26 November 1947) is an Irish Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, poet, writer, and professor.

Murray was born at Newcastle, County Down, in Northern Ireland. In 1966 he joined the Irish Dominican Province, and was ordained a priest in 1973. Since 1994 he has lived in Rome, Italy, where he teaches the literature of the mystical tradition at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelicum.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} He holds a doctorate in English Literature from University College Dublin. In 2012 Paul Murray was conferred with honorary degree of Master of Sacred Theology at a ceremony in St Mary's Priory, Tallaght, Dublin.^[6]

Bibliography

Prose

• The Mysticism Debate (1977)
• T.S. Eliot and Mysticism: The Secret History of the Four Quartets (1991)
• A Journey with Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment (2002)^[7]
• Preachers at Prayer (2003)^[8]
• The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality: A Drink Called Happiness (2003)^[9]
• "I Loved Jesus in the Night": Teresa of Calcutta, A Secret Revealed (2008)^{[10] [11]}
• Door into the Sacred: A Meditation on the Hail Mary (2010)^[12]
• Praying with Confidence: Aquinas on the Lord's Prayer (2010)^[13]
• In the Grip of Light: The Dark and Bright Journey of Christian Contemplation (2012)^[14]
• Aquinas at Prayer: The Bible, Mysticism and Poetry (2013)^[15]
• Scars: Essays, Poems and Meditations on Affliction (2014)^[16]
• God's Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Other Poets of Vision (2019)^[17]
• Saint Catherine of Siena: Mystic of Fire, Preacher of Freedom (2020)^[18]
• Preachers at Prayer: Soundings in the Dominican Spiritual Tradition (2024)^[19]

Poetry

• Ritual Poems (1971)
• Rites and Meditations (1982)
• The Absent Fountain (1992)
• These Black Stars (2003)
• Stones and Stars (2013)^{[20] [21]}
• Light at the Torn Horizon (2022)^[22]
• Moling in Meditation: A Psalter for an Early Irish Monk (2023)^[23]

Books for children

• The Mother of Jesus is Wonderfully Real (2021)^[24]

See also

• Faber Book of Irish Verse - an anthology of Irish poetry which includes a poem by Murray
• T. S. Eliot bibliography - see section titled Works on T.S Eliot
• List of writers of Northern Ireland

References

• Irish Poetry of Faith and Doubt:The Cold Heaven, p. 187, ed. John F. Deane, Wolfhound Press, 1990.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Master of Theology - Fr Paul Murray, o.p. . 2013-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222020527/http://www.dominicanfriars.ie/follow-our-blog/2012/01/19/89-master-of-theology-fr-paul-murray-op.html . 22 February 2014 . dmy-all . www.dominicanfriars.ie.
2. Web site: Paul Murray OP: Bloomsbury Publishing (US).
3. Web site: Fr. Paul Murray . 25 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160801160152/http://www.paracletepress.com/paul-murray-a.html . 1 August 2016 . dead .
4. Web site: Paul Murray . 2013-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064707/http://www.dedaluspress.com/sp/directory/details/paul-murray . 22 February 2014 . dmy-all . www.dedaluspress.com.
5. Web site: Murray, Paul . 19 June 2014 . 23 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130523192741/http://www.irishwriters-online.com/murray-paul/ . dead .
6. Web site: Murray, O.P., Paul; Facoltà di Teologia .
7. Web site: A Journey with Jonah . 2014-06-19 . dead . https://archive.today/20140619050042/http://www.columba.ie/index.php/a-journey-with-jonah.html . 19 June 2014 . dmy-all .
8. Web site: Preachers at Prayer - Spirituality . 2013-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130708132526/https://www.dominicanpublications.com/shop/spirituality/preachers-at-prayer.html . 8 July 2013 . dmy-all .
9. Web site: The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality.
10. Web site: Paraclete Press | Christian Books, Music, and DVDS. 25 February 2013. 27 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130327202911/http://www.paracletepress.com/i-loved-jesus-in-the-night-teresa-of-calcutta-a-secret-revealed.html. dead.
11. Web site: I Loved Jesus in the Night.
12. Web site: Door into the Sacred.
13. Web site: Praying with Confidence.
14. Web site: In the Grip of Light.
15. Web site: Aquinas at Prayer.
16. Web site: Scars.
17. Web site: God's Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Other Poets of Vision.
18. Web site: Saint Catherine of Siena: Mystic of Fire, Preacher of Freedom.
19. Web site: Murray . Paul . Preachers at Prayer: Soundings in the Dominican Spiritual Tradition . Amazon.com.
20. Web site: Stones and Stars . 2014-06-19 . dead . https://archive.today/20140619045221/http://www.inpressbooks.co.uk/author/m/paul-murray-5384/stones-and-stars-1/ . 19 June 2014 . dmy-all .
21. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130823045835/http://dedaluspress.com/p/stones_and_stars . 23 August 2013 . dmy-all .
22. Web site: Light at the Torn Horizon.
23. Web site: Moling in Meditation: A Psalter for an Early Irish Monk.
24. Web site: The Mother of Jesus is Wonderfully real .