Be with me, God, as I draw near, your touch is neither harsh nor fleeting. Your arms and heart are open, filling me and infusing me with your will and nature. Be with me, God, as I draw near, your touch is kind and gentle. Always in all ways, your embrace holds me and unwrapsContinue reading “The Divine Touch”
Category Archives: Companion
Dress Code
Activity from entrance to exit dictates behavior… appearance helps harmony. A uniform from sports to work conjoins a team… colleagues for a joint effort. A vestment from prayer to prep bestows esteem… participants empowered to act. A logo from play to metal symbolizes affinity… supporters rouse empathy. A presence from dawn to dusk walks theContinue reading “Dress Code”
Putting Up With
Community is putting up with and taking care of with kindness and patience. “Patience bears calamities with constancy and calmness and submits to the will of God.”[1] Love is kind, Love is grateful, Love is pleasant. [2] The marginalized endure abandonment and heartlessness. Their forbearance and unassuming meekness changes hearts and lives. Love is alwaysContinue reading “Putting Up With”
Hopes
(based on Anima Christi by Ignatius Loyola) Breath of the Spirit, inspire me Body and Blood of Christ, nurture me Bounty of the Creator, sustain me Zealous Christ, strengthen me Sacrificed Christ, save me Risen Christ, restore me Your fiat moves me Your acceptance assures me Your perseverance encourages me Your wounds preserve me. HelpContinue reading “Hopes”
Psalm 22 (Final Part)
For She has not scorned me in my suffering; She has not disregarded me in my affliction She has listened to my cry for help. I will tell my story over and over; I will keep all my promises. The poor will have food and be satisfied; all whoContinue reading “Psalm 22 (Final Part)”
Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 3
I am surrounded by the willful; they encircle me and take away my confidence. I am naked and vulnerable. I hurt in my bones; I wallow in my misery. I have nothing left my body is sacked, my heart is bursting. I beg you, my Lady, be not farContinue reading “Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 3”
Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 2
For you have brought me here; I have trusted you I felt safe as safe as at my mother’s breast. Yes, from birth I was chosen by you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and thereContinue reading “Help Me (Psalm 22) Part 2”
For Me (Psalm 22) Part 1
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? why do I not feel safe? are you listening to me? O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and you do not respond. Yet you are our God; and we are your people.Continue reading “For Me (Psalm 22) Part 1”
Mother
the Spirit came upon her and the one born of her is called Holy[1] we are clingy and restless beyond life, Moms give being their holding is freeing my tongue stammers and falters[2] as I acclaim our Mother we are cranky and hapless beyond life, Moms engender union, never asunder we should thank Her weContinue reading “Mother”
The Phone
I’m sure I’m alone in my unsocial tone, but, I distrust the phone. It is ubiquitous, but, for me it’s obvious, it can’t replace oneness. I don’t need to be cool, but don’t want to be a fool, so, I admit it’s a tool. It does keep us together connecting with neighbor embracing the stranger.Continue reading “The Phone”
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