Monasteries of the Heart
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The Erie Benedictines have launched an online community, named after Joan Chittister's latest book, Monasteries of the Heart. P...
The Erie Benedictines have launched an online community, named after Joan Chittister's latest book, Monasteries of the Heart. P...
For what might have been...
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Did the Woman Say
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
I have tried in vain to find out something about the woman who wrote this poem. To any expert sleuths out there who can find out something for me, a prize of undying gratitude!
This poem arrived in my Inbox on Good Friday last year, from someone ...
This poem arrived in my Inbox on Good Friday last year, from someone ...
Fr Ed Hayes--New Wineskins
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
A Psalm of New Wineskins
by Ed Hays on Dec. 04, 2009
Spiritual Reflections
Comfortable and well-worn are my daily paths
whose edges have grown gray
with constant use.
My daily speech is a collection of old words
worn down at the heels
by repea...
by Ed Hays on Dec. 04, 2009
Spiritual Reflections
Comfortable and well-worn are my daily paths
whose edges have grown gray
with constant use.
My daily speech is a collection of old words
worn down at the heels
by repea...
Judy Chicago prayer
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
Judy Chicago Prayer
And then, all that has divided us will merge
And then compassion will be wedded to power
And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind
And then both men and women will be gentle
And then both women and men wi...
And then, all that has divided us will merge
And then compassion will be wedded to power
And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind
And then both men and women will be gentle
And then both women and men wi...
Prayer for Healing
posted over 2 years ago, updated 9 days later | 1 comment
Prayer for Healing
In the comfort of Your love, O God, I give you thanks for the blessings of my life.
I pour out to You the memories that haunt me,
The anxieties that perplex me,
The fears that stifle me,
The sickness that prevails over me...
In the comfort of Your love, O God, I give you thanks for the blessings of my life.
I pour out to You the memories that haunt me,
The anxieties that perplex me,
The fears that stifle me,
The sickness that prevails over me...
On Living a Poem & On Teaching
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 1 hour later | 0 comments
This poem reminded me of my first year of teaching, and the agony when the literature I loved was regarded as sheer torture by the teenagers sitting in front of me:
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(no title, by former poet laureate Billy Collins)
I ...
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(no title, by former poet laureate Billy Collins)
I ...
