Said the table to the cross, letβs not begin with an abstraction, start not with a question, God is one or three? Let us begin with his fists. The man she hates and loves, the… Read More »ππΌπΊπ²πππΆπ° π©πΆπΌπΉπ²π»π°π² π π²π²ππ π πΌππ²πβ ππΆπΏπ²
The silence of the old cathedral itβs stones, a defense against the growing morning heat, the dim light, the pews seeming to invite prayer, Β the expected locked door had not been locked. Β Nothing… Read More »The Precise Work of the Spirit
π.π. Distain bled from the studio mirror Arial inherited, from Aunt Janeen. Her bulging thighs, tattooed (one-inch blue-block letters): πΏπππππΎππΏ on one π-πΎπΌππππππΎ on the other. π.π. An unexpected visit, Fr. Flynn (just call me… Read More »Potatoes
Oh, little heart, have you not heard, the Singer, the Song, the center of all that is, telling the pastures green, stilling the waters by? Β Comes He within the scraggy mist, words suring and… Read More »The Shepherdβs Voice
I was drowninβ in Covid, Β drowninβ in canβts, Β drowninβ in a baptism of suffering, Β downs, outs, shants. Β Robbed, and robbed again by the robbery. Β Went, Β up to Jerusalem, on… Read More »DROWNING IN THE LIGHT
Winter found a man that wasnβt goinβ no where. Β Raised hell with him and ten kids. Β Old now, the man gone, kids grown, mostly alone, Winter considered her life, considered the locked doors,… Read More »Before I Die
This poem reflects Maryβs experience of going to the tomb as it is portrayed in two resurrection stories in Johnβs gospel (John 20:1-10 and John 20:11-18).Β The first passage is proclaimed in the Sunday Readings… Read More »RESURRECTION
Divorce Friday Of all the Fridays, seriously, of all the Fridays it had to be Good Friday. The papers arrived. Certificate of Divorce Death. Laid on the table, the death / divorce certificate, all… Read More »communion
When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. At three oβclock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, βEloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?β which means, βMy God, my God,… Read More »God Does
So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.Jesus said, βTake away the stone.β (John 11:38-39) Can it be true?!? It would be nice if this… Read More »Emotional Tombs