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On the Eleventh Day of Christmas
And as we hope for peace in this New Year, it bears repeating: I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to [all]! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,… Continue Reading “On the Eleventh Day of Christmas”
On the Ninth Day of Christmas
Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day. – Helen Steiner Rice
I Await
“Expectans Expectavi”, by Anne Ridler The candid freezing season again: Candle and cracker, needles of fir and frost; Carols that through the night air pass, piercing The glassy husk of heart and heaven; Children’s faces white in the pane, bright in the tree-light. And… Continue Reading “I Await”
Advent by Stephen Leake
Somewhere your star-struck choir sings As the evening unpeels our histories. The world is here again! I feel the breathing of yuletide fires, The ribboned refrains of seasoned candles And bars of voices beyond St. Stephen’s Wall. The robin appears in a globe of… Continue Reading “Advent by Stephen Leake”
What Kinds of Annuniciations Have You Experienced?
This is an excerpt from the poem “Annunciation” by Denise Levertov. I read this poem last advent when on a wonderful Advent Retreat with Michael Fish, OSB Cam, at Santa Sabina Center in San Rafael, CA. The poem can be found on the Education… Continue Reading “What Kinds of Annuniciations Have You Experienced?”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light
Here we are on December 1st: the first day of Advent and 24 days till Christmas. If you saw any postings here during Lent, you would have seen some poetry that I found on the educationfor justice.org website. There is a similar collection entitled… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light”
A Word from My Favorite Poet – Rumi
We are departing for the skies. Who has a mind for sightseeing? -Rumi
So How Do You See It?
It’s a beautiful world to see, Or it’s dismal in every zone, The thing it must be in its gloom or its gleam Depends on yourself alone. – Anonymous
Nature Is Our Teacher
Nature is [our] teacher. She unfolds her treasures to [our] search, unseals [the] eye, illumes {the] mind, and purifies [the] heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of [nature’s] existence. – Alfred Billings Street
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