Tag: prayer
Liturgy – Silence
Saturday’s in my childhood were work days – my mother’s cleaning day, my dad’s mow the lawn day. But Saturday’s now are a day of rest and because I’m not prying oth... Read More
Liturgy – Prayers of the People
I had some trouble with this poem, which accounts for the space between the first poem, in this Liturgy for the New Year series, and this one. But the poem I had written began to fall apart. This happ... Read More
Liturgy for the New Year
How you start is important. The science of sport has perfected this, giving the advantage to the athlete who can begin from a dead start with the most precision, fluidity and power. Is that how I what... Read More
Prayer for the New Year
Turning. Let this be my New Year’s revolution turning to what is, rather than some fantasy. ‘That’ me and ‘that’ day were just forced. This me will have to do; today is all I have to turn to... Read More
Summer Pilgrim
I have been contemplating Psalm 85 in particular lately. This week the final line: He will make his footsteps a way, pushed a prayer from me. “Please wear bright red shoes then because I nee... Read More
Six Amens for the Sestina
Amen and Amen and Amen… A triolet completes the Sestina like an Amen completes a prayer. This is doubly appropriate since our particular Lenten Sestina writing project was written as a prayer.... Read More
The Community of the Sestina
Week Four Stanza What does it mean to pray in community? Does one voice praying as priest best unify the desires of the hearts gathered? Or, is it better for all gathered to pray a written prayer ... Read More