by revd | Apr 28, 2022 | Christ-likeness
Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art. They strike my eyes but not my heart. Ben Johnson (1573-1637)....
by revd | Apr 28, 2022 | Christ-likeness
Non nobis Domine!— Not unto us, O Lord! The Praise or Glory be Of any deed or word; For in Thy Judgment lies To crown or bring to nought All knowledge or device That Man has reached or wrought. And we confess our blame— How all too high we hold That noise which men...
by revd | Apr 28, 2022 | Christ-likeness
Sing and dance together and be joyous But let each one of you be alone Even as the strings of a lute are alone Though they quiver with the same music. Stand together yet not too near together, For the pillars of the temple stand apart And the oak tree and the...
by revd | Apr 28, 2022 | Christ-likeness
We never left the place where we were born, Have only lived one day, but every day, Have walked a thousand miles yet only worn The grass between our work and home away, Lonely we were, though never left alone, The solitude familiar to the poor Is feeling that the...
by revd | Apr 28, 2022 | Christ-likeness
Mute, with signs I speak: Blind, by groping seek: Heed; yet nothing hear: Feel; find no one near. Deaf, eclipsed, and dumb, Through this gloom I come On the time-path trod Toward ungranted God. Carnal, I can claim Only his known name Dying, can but be...
