Song of the Builders – May 7, 2021
On a summer morningI sat downon a hillsideto think about God – a worthy pastime.Near me, I sawa single cricket;it was moving the grains of the hillside this way and that way.How great was its energy,how humble its effort.Let us hope it will always be like this,each of us going onin our inexplicable waysbuilding the universe. –Mary […]
This Is Our God – June 30, 2020
“This is our God. Not a distant judge nor a sadist, but a God who weeps. A God who suffers, not only for us, but with us. Nowhere is the presence of God amidst suffering more salient than on the cross. Therefore what can I do but confess that this is not a God who […]
Let Go of Everything – Feb. 18, 2020
I must let go.For so long I have held to the habit of holding on. Even my musclesAre tense; deeply fearful are theyOf relaxing lest they fall away from their place.I cling clutchingly to my friendsLest I lose them.I live under the shadow of being supplanted by another.I cling to my money, not so much […]
Recognizing God – July 12, 2018
“He who recognizes a king in disguise treats him very differently from he who sees before him only the figure of an ordinary man and treats him accordingly. Likewise, souls who can recognize God in the most trivial, the most grievous and the most mortifying things that happen to them in their lives, honour everything […]
