New day, the world awakens.Blue Earth still hungAmong the stars,Spinning and orbiting.We rise once more,Unfazed by planetary whirl. Sunshine at my window,Here we go, again.Out of the bed,Onto a floor,Solid ‘neath my feet,Tho’ simply a grand illusion. Without qualm,In phase with the heavensThe world of menSlept in surrenderTo the slumberOf the night. Peace, born of … Continue reading
The Icon of the Nativity of Mary
“When Mary was born, the couple rejoiced, vowing to make their daughter a gift unto the Lord. Her birth becomes, as John Paul II wrote, “…the purest dawn of our Redemption,” as her life brought forth the coming of our Savior.” Sarah Cotti