If You Love – July 22, 2020
You might quiet the whole world for a second if you pray. And if you love, if youreally love, our guns willwilt. –St. John of the Cross, Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, trans. Daniel Ladinsky, p. 317
The Essence of Desire – July 21, 2020
I did nothave to ask my heart what it wanted,because of all the desires I have ever known just one did I cling tofor it was the essence ofall desire: to know beauty. –St. John of the Cross, Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, trans. Daniel Ladinsky, p. 314
Different Needs – July 20, 2020
They Have Different Needs Some seeds beneath the earthare dormant.They fell the last time the cool airturned the leavesgold.Those seeds have different needs than we do;let them go about their lifecompletely unharmedby your views.We have cracked open, we sensedeven beneath the earth—the holy was near,and are reaching up to knowand claimlightas ourself. –St. John of […]
