Choosing with Teresa of Avila

Christ has no focus                       no eyes                 no nightmare but yours                   but yours                     but yours Christ has no delight                     no body                 no distraction but yours                 but yours    ...

Confession

I thought we made a good team You and I, Thou and Thine. It seemed we might partner to your glory Spirit and flesh, Holy and blessed. Yet here we are apart, forsaken by sin, Lover and beloved, Seeker and sought. Can we be together across our division, Creator and...

Figs

Still trying to grow, O Jesus, Gardener of Life. Still trying to heal, O Jesus, Redeemer of Dust. Still trying to serve, O Jesus, Host of the Banquet. Don’t dig up this fig tree yet. Don’t abandon me to my bleeding. Don’t kick me out for lack of a...

Godot

Perhaps today, something new? Perhaps today, an answer? Perhaps today, faith? Perhaps tomorrow. But today, at least, breath. Ah merciful God, yes: at least breath.

Coffee

O Most Holy, O Most Inspiring, O Most Enlivening Fount of Daily Renewal: overflow abundantly upon our dust that the stiff joints of our spirits might leap with joyful wonder, that the bleary eyes of our hearts might open to recognize you, that the dragging feet of our...

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