by revd | May 3, 2022 | Humankind
Thinking we were safe – insanity! We went in to make love…. … someone should have warned us That without permanent intentions You have absolutely no protection – If the act is clean, authentic, sumptuous, The concurring deep love of the heart Follows the...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Men go abroad to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. Augustine (354-430),...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
… The saint knows That the spiritual path Is a sublime chess game with God And that the Beloved Has just made … a Fantastic Move…. Whereas, my dear, I am afraid you still think You have a thousand serious moves. Hafiz...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Our Father, Humankind
Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an usurped town to another due, Labour to admit you, but O, to...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Hear me, O God! A broken heart Is my best prayer; Use still thy rod That I may prove Therein thy love. If thou hadst not Been stern to me, But left me free, I had forgot Myself and Thee. For sin’s so sweet, As minds ill bent Rarely repent, Until they meet Their...