Dec 24, 2017 | Advent, Christmas, prayer
Like the blackbird singing before the dawn, Like the whippoorwill waiting to romance the moon, Like the newborn longing for breath as it crowns, Like the writer trusting the word to arrive, Like the waves rising to the wind’s caress, Like the fig trees casting...
Dec 30, 2016 | Christmas, lament, prayer
I pray at your feet, Child of Aleppo, seeking mercy for my ignorance and unyielding heart. I pray at your feet, Child of Eritrea, seeking forgiveness for the violence of global capitalism. I pray at your feet, Child of Bethlehem, seeking pardon and consolation through...
Dec 25, 2016 | Christmas, Jesus, joy, prayer
Hark! the messenger angels sing. It is finished! Love has come! Our spirits soar, O mighty God, at the magnitude and majesty: there you are among us, the Infant Savior — and here you are among us, the Wonderful Mystery! We are bursting with the news: Love is...
Dec 24, 2016 | Advent, Christmas, images of God, Jesus, love
Give your reverence. Give your awe. Give your silence, your humility, your rapturous tears. Give all in honor of the Child who is God’s glory, And let there be peace. Let there be glad penance. Let there be no room in your heart for aught but love. on Luke...
Nov 7, 2016 | Advent, Christmas, liturgy
I’m ready for Advent — Christmas too, but Advent especially. I find that the season’s wild imagination and perilous possibilities confront my pessimism, my complacency, my worry, and they challenge: “Well then? If you perceive the world’s...
Dec 27, 2015 | Christmas, music, poem
Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child bye bye we say this day. Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child bye bye along your way. O brothers, all, see how death falls; let anger be displayed, and to this child wrapped in a shawl sing you lully lullay. Dear sisters, too,...
