To see God only, I go out of sight

To see God only, I go out of sight

Seal then this bill of my divorce to all On whom those fainter beams of love did fall; Marry those loves which in youth scattered be On Fame, Wit, Hopes (false mistresses), to thee. Churches are best for prayer, that have least light: To see God only, I go out of...
The tree of life in the garden with Christ

The tree of life in the garden with Christ

Our Lord into his Garden comes, Well pleas’d to smell our poor Perfumes, And calls us to a feast divine, Sweeter than honey, milk or wine.   Eat of the Tree of Life, my Friends, The Blessings that my Father sends; Your Taste shall all my dainties prove, And drink...
Have I forgotten the church somewhere? 

Have I forgotten the church somewhere? 

Sometimes a man rises from the supper table  and goes outside.  And he keeps on going  because somewhere to the east there’s a church.  His children bless his name as if he were dead.  Another man stays at home until he dies,  stays with plates and glasses.  So, then...
What life have you

What life have you

What life have you if you have not life together? There is no life that is not in community, And not community not lived in praise of God. Even the anchorite who meditates alone, For whom the days and nights repeat the praise of God, Prays for the church, the body of...
My holy places

My holy places

For the blood of thy martyrs and saints shall enrich the earth, shall create holy places. For wherever a saint has dwelt, wherever a martyr has given his blood for the blood of Christ, there is holy ground, and the sanctity shall not depart from it though armies...