Direct as dawning, chill / And glowing, I / Know you in mind; but distant still. / Help me to spy / Your omnipresence; here ...
A Prayer
Category: Star of Bethlehem
Who Only Stand and Wait
He buried the coin alone, down in a field, / As mothers bury stillbirths; partly shamed, / He cursed and grumbled as he dug and kneeled / Because a part of him lay dead, unnamed ...
The Man Who Lived Too Long, Part 3/3
The next morning as Clive poured himself a cup of tea, he heard a knock at the door to the apartment. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” said Michael, as Clive opened the door. “Where is he? I want to apologize.”
In the Crypt of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini
In jawbone tondo, / Blossom of blades, / Our osseous rigging / Flaps up to God. / Beneath the bone ring ...
The Only God of Consolation
The realization of truth comes hand in hand with the realization of God’s divine majesty. His majesty itself consoles in this life and in the next.
To Mithridates
The Overman, if “man,” and not a saint, / Draws worlds of pain to him at board and trestle, / Eats well, whose palate deadly truth and taint ...
The Man Who Lived Too Long, Part 2/3
Alice jumped at the naming of her grandfather. Michael shrank into his seat. Ed stood over him leering, one foot forward, brandishing his lute in his right hand like a sword. For a moment, in the flickering light of the candles...
The Central Theme in Mark’s Gospel
The Gospel of Mark is often seen as the least important of the four Gospels. Primarily, this is due to its brevity and general lack of distinctive features. However, understanding Mark’s intended audience for his Gospel is vital to understanding why it is so powerful...
The Man Who Lived Too Long, Part 1/3
“There are few objects more comforting than a mug,” said Clive. “And, as for a mug full of coffee, well, there are no objects more comforting than that.”
My Thirst is Your Presence
With the boredom of the longest of days / I find myself in your presence / With the final plight of these pleasurable experiences / I find myself in your presence