The words of the prophets

The words of the prophets

People talking without speaking People hearing without listening ‘Fools’, said I, ‘You do not know Silence like a cancer grows.’  The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls.   Paul Simon (1942-),...
Seed Planting

Seed Planting

This is what we are about. We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, Knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities.   We...
Support where it is needed

Support where it is needed

Fount of mercy, Call back the one who flees from you. Draw towards you the one who attempts to escape. Lift up the one who has fallen. Support the one who is standing. Guide the one who is on a journey.   Thomas Aquinas (1225-74), Opera...
The act of a good priest

The act of a good priest

This noble example to his sheep he gave That first he wrought, and afterwards he taught; And it was from the Gospel he had caught Those words, and would add this figure too, That if gold rust, what then would iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust No wonder...
The writing on the  wall

The writing on the wall

Silence like a cancer grows And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made. And the sign flashed out its warning, In the words that it was forming, And the signs said, ‘The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls, And...