“I Saw You Under the Fig Tree.” All our yesterdays are forgotten With the rush of Tomorrow. All the words fade away. Images are fleeting. All praise passes into oblivion. The compliments lost, As unrecorded history. All things are sand Falling through the fingers of the Future. None endure the winds of Time. So, what … Continue reading
Love’s Reach
I reach for You With my life, All my life. It is not for naught, That You labored, Bore my sins. I reach for You With my thoughts. In the night, I contemplate Your Dying. Writhing in agony, Alone with hell’s phantoms, Blood called From Your flesh. More than a drop Spoke my name. Here … Continue reading
Daily Prayers
STS. GERTRUDE AND MECHTILDE PRAYERS Daily Deliverance Prayer Sunday Prayer Monday Prayer Tuesday Prayer Wednesday Prayer Thursday Prayer Friday Prayer Saturday Prayer Conclusion Everyday ST. THOMAS PRAYER FOR PURITY
The Robe
Lord of the centuries, Knit, of our pain, the knots, That mysteriously arrange themselves Across our days. Guide, by unseen fingers, Each little pearl, To form a cloth Alive with Your Golden threads, Infinitely more than happenstance or tragedy. Each strand of Time a mystery, Bathed in trial and tears, Yet rich in Awe, Resplendent … Continue reading
