2016-03-19 18:53
InTheSweetSanctuaryOf this shadeWe heard the birdsThe leaves in the breezeAnd waves as they playedAnd in one divine momentWe felt our hearts meltSuddenly we knewHow naturePrayed*-- Chasan (c… Read More
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"Thou art the glory of Israel and the honor of thy people...".
This blog is dedicated to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Here I will feature unique and beautiful images of the Blessed Mother, with accompanying poetry or spiritual reflections. I hope you will like it and visit often.
2016-03-19 18:53
Outside the curtains the rain is patteringAs the season draws to its end.My satin bed-cover cannot keep outthe chill at dawn.In the dream, I forgotthat I was in exile,And for a time there wa… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
How much sadness can I bear?As much as an eastward-flowing river filled with spring water.*-- Li Yu Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The rouged tearsThat intoxicate and hold in thrall -When will they fall again?As a river drifts towards the eastSo painful life passes to its bitter end. *-- Li Yu Read More
2006-04-30 22:33
How many tearsOn my face and cheeks?I should not tell the secret in my heart,Nor should you play the phoenix flutewhile our eyes are still wet.For that would be too much to endure.*-- Li… Read More
2006-04-30 22:28
How tight you held my hand!I can see yetThe tear that fell upon it,And those words you whispered lastI treasure still:"Do not forget the hours of life and loveThat we have shared.If I live,I… Read More
2006-04-09 21:19
"The Valley Spirit is undying."This is mysterious femininity.The Abode of mysterious Femininity:This is the Root of Heaven and Earth.It seems to endure on and on.One who uses It never wears… Read More
2006-03-27 02:19
I believe in my heart that whenThe wounded heart, sunk within the depth of God, singsIt rises from the pond aliveAs if new-born.I believe in my heart that what I wring from myselfTo tinge l… Read More
2006-03-26 18:15
It is time for me to go, mother; I am going.When in the paling darkness of the lonely dawnyou stretch your arms for your baby in the bed,I shall say, "Baby is not there!"- mother, I am going… Read More
2006-03-26 18:00
In the last dark hourOf the night,Angels come to love usAnd awaken us.*-- Sri Chinmoy Read More
2006-03-22 13:47
Nothing surpasses the greatness or dignity of a human person.Human life is not just an idea or an abstraction.Human life is the concrete reality of a being that is capable of loveand of serv… Read More
2006-03-13 20:47
So while I think of it,let me paint a thank-you on my palmfor this God, this laughter of the morning,lest it go unspoken.The Joy that isn't shared, I've heard,dies young.*-- Anne Sexton Read More
2006-03-13 20:34
Look to your heartthat flutters in and out like a moth.God is not indifferent to your need.You have a thousand prayersbut God has one. *-- Anne Sexton Read More
2006-03-12 19:38
Oh, Mary,Gentle Mother,open the door and let me in.A bee has stung your belly with faith.Let me float in like a fish.Let me in! Let me in!I have been born many times, a false Messiah,but let… Read More
2006-03-08 04:23
Just wanted to put up a brief note, since I haven't updated in a long time, to say that this blog has not been abandoned. If you have checked here and keep finding no updates it's just becau… Read More
2006-01-16 19:57
I remember men who knew a hundred sorrows,and the gratitude they felt for gifts.Joys and sorrows pass, each by each,failure at one moment, happy success the next.But not for me. I have chose… Read More
2006-01-16 19:39
In Japanese homes the roofs are low,The poorer the home the lower the roof,The lowness of these roofs Weighs heavily on my back.What can the weight of this roof be?Staring from ten paces awa… Read More
2006-01-16 19:24
We live our lives as wanderersuntil, dead, we finally come home.One quick trip between heaven and earth,then the dust of a thousand generations.The Moon Rabbit mixes elixirs for nothing.Th… Read More
2006-01-16 18:35
The shortest poem in the worldis written with the same single word: LoveThe longest poem in the world is written withthe same single word, but written one million timesBefore one is finished… Read More
2005-12-01 04:37
O glistening starlight,O most brilliant singular figureOf the royal marriage,O glowing gem:You are arrayed as a person of high rankWho has no mark nor wrinkle;You are also an angel's compa… Read More
2005-12-01 03:54
Go, my beloved; Love has chosen you her delegate;Over her, for she is Beauty who offers to her followerThe cup of the sweetness of life.As for my own empty arms, your love shall remain m… Read More
2005-12-01 03:33
Mother, don’t rejectthis lotus heart you live in--Don’t despise this human offeringat your feet. +-- Ramprasad Sen Read More
2005-12-01 03:04
A mother's love determines howWe love ourselves and others.There is no sky we'll ever seeNot lit by that first love.Stripped of love, the universeWould drive us mad with pain;But we are bo… Read More
2005-12-01 02:33
O Mother of Compassion,I am Your sweet infant child,Like Jesus looking far into the skiesFrom the lap of Mary.You love me infinitely moreThan anybody else.Friends and neighbours wonderAt you… Read More
2005-11-19 03:17
Let me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted mein the desolation of other times. May I still remember the bright… Read More
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