Dec 25, 2019 | Christmas, Jesus, love, poem
Be not afraid, o my soul, to hold Love close to your breast, to wonder at its fingers and toes and eyes, to marvel at Love’s sweet breath. Swaddle Love gently, tightly, as though it is the labor of your womb, the offspring of your heart, the flesh of your flesh,...
Dec 22, 2019 | Advent, love, prayer
How is it that my Lord can love me from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven? How has it come to pass that I am the beloved of the Sovereign of angels, the Commander of the dawn? Yet there is the sun — a sign in the east — greeting me across the...
Mar 26, 2017 | Lent, love, nature
Happy are those who meditate on love. love multiplying in raindrops love growing in spring love singing in harmony love wrestling through mystery love waiting in silence love racing over distance love draping with radiance Happy are those who meditate on love. (Psalm...
Mar 3, 2017 | Lent, love, prayer
Close to You, I am close to tears for Your beauty moves me like a sunrise, like a baby’s breath, like the second movement of Beethoven’s seventh and never will I be able to fully articulate how Your grace renders my heart useless except to cry. I miss You...
