HOW LONG WE WAIT
How long we wait, with minds as quiet as time,
Like sentries on a tower.
How long we watch, by night, like the astronomers.
Heaven, when will we hear you sing,
Arising from our grassy hills,
And say: “The dark is done, Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
A homie named Cruz spent his last dollars taking a Metrolink train sixty miles to Los Angeles from San Bernadino, where he had relocated his lady and newborn to avoid the dangers and desperation of his previous gang life. He had Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
It is Advent and we are a people, pregnant. Pregnant and waiting. . . .
Waiting, because it will always be with us, can be made a work of art, and the season of Advent invites us to underscore and understand with a new patience Read more [...]
Easter Eve: A Fantasy
The day does not speak above a whisper, is a high dividing
upon a moment into ebbing and flowing,
two pairs of lips neither pressing nor quite yet parting,
the twilight between sleep and waking,
the bowl of hush held lifted Read more [...]
As you know, in the part of the world we shop (I mean live) in, today has come to be known as Black Friday (Interesting isn’t it that today is identified as Black Friday and the second day of Triduum is called Good Friday, but I digress). Unlike September Read more [...]