Poetry 
What the soul desires(0)
God is love, so the soul desires a return, seeking the union in ways often self defeating, desiring warmth and escape from loneliness as an end in itself, not understanding that love, true love deepens our sense of otherness, knowing that all that we see around us is limited and cannot filll a heart made [...]
Christ is Risen!
O the marvel! the forbearance! the immeasurable meekness! The Untouched is felt; the Master is held by a servant, And He reveals His wounds to one of His inner circle. Seeing these wounds, the whole Creation was shaken at the time. Thomas, when he was considered worthy of such gifts, Lifted up a prayer to [...]
Feast of Divine Mercy
O day of eternity, O day so long desired, With thirst and longing, my eyes search you out. Soon love will tear the veil asunder, And you will be my salvation. O day most beautiful, moment incomparable, When for the first time I shall see my God, The Bridegroom of my soul and Lord of [...]
The Goal is Holiness
It is a turning from darkness to light, from fear to love; it is an expansion of the limitless horizons of the person as he or she lives into God. Newman’s famous poem speaks volumes: Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from [...]