A Poem for Epiphany
January 6, 2026 Today marks the occasion of Epiphany, the story told only in the Gospel of Matthew about the magis’ (wise men/kings) visit to the Christ-Child, sometimes titled “Little Christmas,” that brings the Christmas Season to a close in the Western Church. Whether the event is factual had nothing to do with why Matthew…
Bright Fog
January 3, 2026 Bright Fog The morning sun of Januaryrubs against the mountain fogcreating a pearly canvasfor bare tree limbswoven into intricate patternsof lace to send their secretsacross the empty sky.Without the sunthe fog would enveloptheir signatures and withoutthe fog, the sun would burnaway the mystery.It is in the bright fog that we travel,in this…
Crossing Over
December 31, 2025 Crossing OverNew Year’s Eve, 2025 The still point has arrived, again,the time to cross over,to inhale courage,to step with gentle intentionover the thresholdof what’s been known,uncovered, discovered,loved and held closelyinto the mysteryof open palms.I choose to travelwith nothing but a torchto illuminate my waythrough sacred shadowsand burning bushesand a keen desireto seek…
O Antiphons of Advent: Emmanuel
December 23, 2025 O come, O come, Emmanuel,and ransom captive Israelthat mourns in lonely exile hereuntil the Son of God appear. Two days before Christmas, in this Advent season of waiting and longing, the seventh, and final, name for the Christ (or Light, or Love, or Universe, if you prefer) proclaimed in the ancient prayer-song…
O Antiphons of Advent: King of Nations
December 22, 2025 O come, O King of nations, bindin one the hearts of all mankind.Bid all our sad divisions ceaseand be yourself our King of Peace. Three days before the birth of the Light, in the O Antiphons, the ancient prayer-song of waiting and expectation, the sixth title given to the Christ (or Light,…
O Antiphons of Advent: Morning Star
December 21, 2025 O come, O Bright and Morning Star,and bring us comfort from afar!Dispel the shadows of the nightand turn our darkness into light. What compelling and significant timing for the fifth name for Christ in the O Antiphons to be on the same day as the Winter Solstice! On this longest, darkest night…
O Antiphons of Advent: Key of David
December 20, 2025 O come, O Key of David, comeand open wide our heavenly home.Make safe for us the heavenward roadand bar the way to death’s abode. Imagine trusting someone with a key to your home, your family, your finances, a key to everything you value in this world. And then imagine that same person…
O Antiphons of Advent: Root of Jesse
December 19, 2025 O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, freeThine own from Satan’s tyranny;From depths of hell Thy people save,And give them victory o’er the grave. One of my favorite activities is hiking, and one of my favorite objects to observe while hiking is trees. Trees amaze me, from their intricate root systems to the…
Advent’s O Antiphons: Adonai
December 18, 2025 O come, O come, great Lord of might,who to your tribes on Sinai’s heightin ancient times did give the lawin cloud and majesty and awe. On the West Bank, Palestine, in the city of Bethlehem, lies the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity, and the Church of…
Advent’s O Antiphons: Wisdom
December 17, 2025 O come, O Wisdom from on high,who ordered all things mightily;to us the path of knowledge showand teach us in its ways to go. This last week before Christmas Day has always been mystical to me, a thin place of sorts, where we move willingly or not toward the Winter Solstice, the…
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