Moved by Grace When I was 32 days shy of nine, my parents moved us. Away from the brilliant green…
Browsing: Fiction, Poetry & Humor
My children were really amusing me. And I mean that with the utmost sarcasm. “Who’s coming over?” one asked. “No…
In His Place VIII Women in your wayward weeping Shed the tears that I am keeping. Let them fall like…
A Few Words on the Soul (Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh) We have a soul at times. No…
Forgive Me The old tangled bramble Stretched thorny arms one spring, Reflected on his gnarled life… Do I regret anything?…
Full Circle The waves seem to beckon to me as I lie in the glistening sand and ponder…
Agony Praying in a garden, Leaning on a rock I know that Pilate’s soldiers Are going to torture and mock.…
Lovers’ Hope! Early spring frost glazes budding Yoshino cherry blossoms. Glittering, glittering in late morning, under a chilly sun. Lovers…
Do you know what it means to receive a consolation from the Lord? In the work of prayer for example,…
In His Place VII The weight, the whips, the jagged rocks, I cannot bear it all. The cross, the shouts,…