Apr 3, 2015 | Jesus, Lent, prayer
You are true to your word even to the point of death. Who really does that anymore? You are the First and Last Word, the holy action and now: the brutal consequence. You are the Word that heals a salve from the tongue a welcome whisper in my ear You are the expression...
Apr 1, 2015 | Jesus, Lent, prayer
One last walk before the very last one. A stroll with only the streetlights for company a tin can for amusement and thoughts best left unsaid. Take one walk alone Brother Jesus before the very last one. One more time just to look at the stars and to listen for the...
Mar 31, 2015 | confession, Lent, mystery
The worst of all sins: the willful concealing of the self before the very Being and Lover of all selves …yet I must ask: how can I do otherwise? For you with your passion for love have drawn near but then left me too exposed vulnerable to knowing, vulnerable...
Mar 30, 2015 | faith, Lent, mystery, poem
1 – 1 = 1 To lose the certainty of faith in order to gain it again: what math is this? 2 – 2 = 3 To lose impartiality in love just to find foolish Love; it doesn’t add up. To lose even the respectability of salvation so that the sheer chaos of...
