Galaxy of Galaxies

Daniel O'Leary, wrote an article in 'Tablet' titled 'Creation Just Got Better'. His theme was that discovery after discovery at the cosmic and the microscopic extremes all make the work of the Creator more and more amazing. Today's blog and embroidery image celebrate a particular marker in this uncovering when in January 2004 the Hubble telescope produced a series of images that come from the very edge of the known Universe.

Sadly Daniel O’Leary died at the end of 2018

Hubble: Galaxy of Galaxies 

A "galaxy of galaxies"

emerges from "empty space"

as more sophisticated technology

probes the cosmic gloom.

Startlingly, awesomely

a myriad of new and mighty neighbours

Is found to loom

in the hitherto unseeable reaches

of a tiny arc of sky.

It challenges us

to loose the fetters of imagination

and try

to accommodate within our minds

a God

whose creative power

is far, far greater

than we could possibly have understood

prior to this discovery hour.

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