Every human person contains within them the art and depth, secrecy and mastery of a symphony. Every person acts/ speaks/ decides due to the measured unity of the systems playing together the music of existence and interaction. One section (in my mind, this is the percussion section) of the personal-symphony is the balance (or imbalance,ContinueContinue reading “18. Internal symphonies”
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17. Beautiful desert
She told me she watched a special on the desert, Right as Lent started, a group-led activity About barrenness and discomfort. But, she said, she was not struck with dismay or deficit, Rather, She was mesmorized by the beauty of the landscape, The delicacy of the ecosystem, The intricacy of the creation. It changes theContinueContinue reading “17. Beautiful desert”
16. The Lenten desert
I enter Lent cautiously, tentatively. I want to be bravely holy and ambitious, but, I also know that 40 winter days stretch long into the future. “Lent is supposed to be like a desert,” the priest said, at Ash Wednesday mass–where we’re stripped of comfort and utterly reliant on God. I have traveled before. IContinueContinue reading “16. The Lenten desert”
15. Sacrament Haiku: Anointing of the sick
Breaths less steady now Travel with our blessings, friend A new life will come
14. Sacrament Haiku: Holy Orders
Forehead on the floor Poured out in love for God’s own Priest, guide, victim
14. Sacrament Haiku: Marriage
To have and to hold A future unknown, for two Walking together
13. Sacrament haiku: Confirmation
The journey is long For the way we are given Oil, Spirit, press’d in.
12. Sacrament Haiku: Communion
A common substance But uncommon sacrifice Bread, wine…body, blood.
11. Sacrament Haiku: Reconciliation
Heaven and earth meet Mercy-moment, “I am sorry” …Father runs to son.
10. Sacrament Haiku: Baptism
Immers’d into love Sputtering, uncertain, wet Claimed by God, with love.