A Snow Globe and a Discarded Child
A dreaming child peers into a little glass dome Where snow falls upon a tiny world: A mountain, a forest, a tunnel, a village, a train A kingdom where there is safety and love …
Tag: Lawrence Hall
A Catechism of Brokenness
The celebrant breaks the Body in two.The Body is broken.The celebrant is broken.The communicant is broken. Only the Word is whole: “This is My Body…” The celebrant breaks the Body in twoThat it may be…
Word Sung as Light
Upon hearing a recording of the Orthodox Christian Monks of the Svetogorskaya Monastery A deep, slow stream of tones, of modes, of chants Where time and all eternity flow as one Through voices and…
An August Day – But on What Planet?
An August day of dragging hoses, washing dishesWatching hummingbirds while doing the laundryPulling up the last exhausted tomato vinesFeeding the dogs and cats, mowing the lawns: The summery hours of heat and work and sweatConsidering…
To God, Who Gives Joy to Our Youth
For Reverend Raphael Barousse, OSBFather Raph - Uncle Bubby - on His Birthday Introibo ad altare DeiAd Deum qui laetificat juvenitutem meam You look into the mirror and ask yourself“Who is that old man staring…
Light, Love, Song, Feast, and Dance: Thoughts on the Capitol Riot
Someone wrote that if you were a mile away from the Battle of Hastings (October 1066), you not only couldn’t hear any of it but unless you were in direct line of sight you wouldn’t…
A Rainy Day and Locked Down Anyway
No excuses, of course: we must get dressedIf death itself appears at the front doorWe would not want to be caught in our ‘jammiesOr in surrender flaked upon the couch We will wake up to…