Our Last Awakening

Our Last Awakening

Bring us, O Lord our God, At our last awakening Into the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, Where there shall be no darkness or dazzling, But one equal light: No noise or silence, but one equal music: No fears or hopes, But one...
Face to face

Face to face

I pray you, merciful Jesus, that as you have graciously granted me joyfully to imbibe the words of your knowledge, so you will also, of your goodness, grant that I may come at length to you, the fount of all wisdom, and stand before your face for ever.  ...
Taking the world into my arms

Taking the world into my arms

  When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder If I have made of my life something particular, and real, I don’t want to find myself...
Nothing can die

Nothing can die

  In the book of the earth it is written: Nothing can die. In the book of the Sioux it is written: They have gone away into the earth to hide. Nothing will coax them out again But the people dancing.   Mary Oliver (1935-2019),  Ghosts, 2017.    ...
Living in two worlds

Living in two worlds

I am the girl of two worlds, My heart belongs to here and there, Two worlds profoundly different, United in my highest regard. Do I live in or between these two worlds? I am the girl of two worlds.   My heart is here when BAM! Disaster strikes there. Someone needs me,...