Spark of Life – Aug. 19, 2019
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) saw God in every aspect of creation. At a time when women were usually illiterate and untutored, Hildegard entered religious life as a child and rose to become the head of an independent women’s monastery in 1151. She composed music, wrote books, practiced medicine, preached throughout Western Europe and was sought […]
Already With You – Aug. 9, 2019
I am there in the basket of fruit presented to the widow… I am the musk rose opening unattended, the fern on the boggy summit… I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name… –Jane Kenyon, from “Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks”
After Being in Love, the Next Responsibility – July 17, 2019
Turn me like a waterwheel turning a millstone.Plenty of water, a Living River.Keep me in one place and scatter the love.Leaf-moves in wind, straw drawn toward amber,all parts of the world are in love,but they do not tell their secrets. Cows grazingon a sacramental table, ants whispering in Solomon’s ear.Mountains mumbling an echo. Sky, calm.If […]
The Ship Sunk In Love – July 16, 2019
Should Love’s heart rejoice unless I burn?For my heart is Love’s dwelling.If You will burn Your house, burn it, Love!Who will say, “It’s not allowed”?Burn this house thoroughly!The lover’s house improves with fire.From now on I will make burning my aim,From now on I will make burning my aim,for I am like the candle: burning […]
