Dec 24, 2015 | Advent, Christmas
Bless you, Mary, mother of God, for your courage and effort to give life to God in impossible circumstances: in full knowledge of the glory, in complete certainty of the pain. Bless you, Mary, for bearing God into the world and bless us to follow your...
Dec 24, 2014 | Advent, Christmas
Into the stillness bright flashes, loud pops, bursts of sound, all so disorienting Who can stand at such a time when power erupts without warning, without even a Pity to help the fast-beating hearts caught off guard by the moment, by the forceful authority And when...
Dec 23, 2014 | Advent, Christmas
God is with us not despite but in God is with us not except but because God is with us not after but through God is with us not near but within God is with us not until but along God is with us not from but for God is with...
Dec 22, 2014 | Advent, Christmas, images of God
As the day wanes and the moon itself tires, hear God’s whisper of love unceasing: You, my dear, are begotten, knit of holy breath and of hallowed dust, as delighted in as the stars, adopted as a sister to the trees as a brother to the streams, and ever a...
Dec 20, 2014 | Advent, Christmas, Jesus, prayer
Stay in the manger, Baby Jesus, safe in your swaddling clothes. Safe in the manger where we can adore you without fear. Snug in your manger, Jesus, so we may immortalize you in a sanitized barn. Secure in a rustic manger where the cow is your biggest competition, far...
