Br Patrick O’Loughlin, LC This body barely keeps up pace, my heart forgets its bounds, And wearied mind and muscles ache still far from far-flung towns. At this long journey’s start I knew the cost to pay, the worst To come, the hunger pains to bear, but oh what wrenching thirst! I stumble, stead’ing…
Misery’s Solitude Silenced by Mercy
Br Patrick O’Loughlin, LC Miserable and Merciful first kissed at Bethlehem While snowflakes hid their tight embrace from scornful eyes. A scroll of mercy clasped in baby grip outshone the Magi’s gem: A tale to write, a book to tell to hush her mis’rable cries Not in one night, but thirty years, yet silent…
Fisher of Men
Br Jeremiah Murphy, LC Go out into the deep— Don’t be afraid to weep; Even if you’re a lost sheep, You’re still mine to keep. . Know that souls too need me For you, son, are the key. Be all that you can be To bring souls to me! . “I can’t do it!” you…
Many to One
I guess this is a common spiritual experience for many of us: we already know that only one thing, One Person, matters, but then we have to actually live it… Head to heart. I believe, but my belief Is sown in little faiths: Little pagan rituals, A little pagan space. Each idol claims my all…
On the Waters
Back when thy voice first sounded strong, Came piercing through my plight, Darkness! All was darkness! And thou, mine only light. … Thou badest — I did answer and I let the sail flap free. Rope and oar forgotten, I stepped and made towards thee. … The waves rose round my trembling tread, My shaken,…