Reflection of Learning Lexio Divina in the Monastary of the Holy Spirit Conyers Georgia. LectioDivina is the most ancient Christian prayer. This prayer actively Invites God into His Word to transform the soul of the reader. The prayer engages the soul in a progressive union with a present call of God. The progression of Lectio… Continue reading Letters from the Monastary: Friends
Wasted in the Wilderness
A TRIP before EASTER> > > >LENT………. And Jesus, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT returned from th Jordan and was led by the SPIRIT in the wilderness Luke 4:1 “He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.” Psalms 78:15 ESV I think I will, I will drink I… Continue reading Wasted in the Wilderness
Before we were gods
I remember you friend, in the times before we had to be gods When we were soft , and free, and friends because i liked you and you liked me You who wore jeans , boots and butched hair And I who wore skirts, sandals and pigtails We were friends before the world was full… Continue reading Before we were gods
Sigh Lense
I am coming to Silence……as quick as I can, past people with pastime, gadgets with gestures, and castles with chores. I am coming, like the woman with an issue, I press to silence, past all these . Past the crowds of chattering clattering cluttering corners of chaos . I am coming to board the boat… Continue reading Sigh Lense
UNPLUG ( as in heaven)
I put the phone in a drawer for a day . So to put myself far away To be lone ,. But not alone Little tappings from the heavens came not like rain nor sun ray But timeless texts from Friends of yesterday I thought I traveled far away … Continue reading UNPLUG ( as in heaven)
UNPLUG ( on earth as..)
Folks talk about “unplugging” . So one day I left my phone at home, and walked away from my computer. By afternoon , I ran into an old friend and asked “What do folks mean by Unplugging?”. “Oh silly lady, you know , get rid of these distractions” he said tossing a phone across the… Continue reading UNPLUG ( on earth as..)
CISTERN
A Cistern (thoughts at a lay Cistercian meeting) We are sitting around coffee and sweet cakes and fruits. Treats both foreign and local . We drink and nibble and we stare. We are instructed to stare . We are not staring at one another. We are to find Christ, then find He ” dwells among… Continue reading CISTERN
Co passion
. “You also, BE PATIENT AND ESTABLISH YOUR HEARTS , for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”James 5:8 Oh , Patient one, you wrestle with your skin You call me to help, I ask “Can I comfort him?” Seventy times, or maybe only seven , he calls for turn and tuck I… Continue reading Co passion
The Glory and the Madman Part 4 The Glory ,Amen
‘“There never was a greater event and on account of it, all who are born after us belong to a higher history than any history so far!” ….Here the madman fell silent and looked again at his listeners; and they, too, were silent and stared at him in astonishment. At last he threw his lantern… Continue reading The Glory and the Madman Part 4 The Glory ,Amen
Caught
Meditatio 4 th Sunday in Lent I Sister , our sister, sand grains are in your eyes you are caught now in adulterous ties. They take your tricks for trickery, All for their disguise . They are Judas for change ! But You are Harlot for booking! Behold Your true Love , was there Then… Continue reading Caught