Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

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August 5, 2011

Fear has a way of getting its way, a dictator without mercy or compassion, surrounding the heart with nameless qualms that what felt as shame will one day be seen. Walls high protected by anger, or fear or anxious concern, often nameless but a sentinel nonetheless; assuring a life of withdrawal from intimacy that is [...]

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Lent

Lent can be a dreary time for me, Ash Wednesday, a day of inner cold and restless wandering, from one inner space to another. Bread and water, so hard for me to take, yet I do and try to pray, seeking to ignore the gnawing hunger . A time when my inner darkness becomes my [...]

Lacerated (A prayer for all in inner pain)

You see Lord my struggle, sometimes I think I am drowning, I pray for a loving heart, yet so much violence, hatred, the desire to hurt dwells within. Why do I want to lash out beloved? Am I really so evil, shattered within; will I go under, devoured by my own inner hungry and rapacious [...]

New eyes awaken

New eyes awaken. I send Love’s name into the world with wings And songs grow up around me like a jungle. Choirs of all creatures sing the tunes Your Spirit played in Eden. Zebras and antelopes and birds of paradise Shine on the face of the abyss And I am drunk with the great wilderness [...]


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