Monthly Archives: August 2020

Aug232020

Night Time

Crickets sounding in the darkness of night,
Wings rubbing, vibrations, and starlight,
The singular identity of listening with no fright,
A beckoning moon, cloudless skies, reflection bright,
Dissipation, released anger, knowing the lack of might,
Alone, spiritual exercises commenced, never ending,
Eternal inflection, a paradigm of words, contemplation,
The simple, the humble lack of aspiring for greatness,
Overcoming the affliction of familiar contempt,
Familial discord, disorder, dissent, and exhuming,
Touching a heart, beating and bleeding, forgiven,
Forgiveness, an infant’s soft breath, the softness of death,
A waterfall cascading, a prism dispersing, lightly laughing,
Into a spectrum, colors dancing, individuality merging,
A vertical axis intersecting a horizontal plane, a Queen,
Parallel and repetitive, a multitude of refrains, a chorus in Latin,
Salve Regina mater miseri cordiae, vita, dulcedo et spes nostra salve.

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Aug222020

Self-Awareness

Reality exposing, recalcitrant, unrefined,
Etching and smoothing fine lines,
An angry core, malicious and self-devouring,
Momentary illumination, acceptance, blind,
Experience weathering, consumption,
Presence reflecting excessive ambition,
Nothing special, phenomenon unkind,
Nothing special, a mediocre mind,
Nothing special………

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Aug212020

Rebirth in the LORD

The hand of the LORD came upon me,
and led me out in the Spirit of the LORD
and set me in the center of the plain,
which was now filled with bones.
He made me walk among the bones in every direction
so that I saw how many they were on the surface of the plain.
How dry they were!
He asked me:
Son of man, can these bones come to life?
I answered, “Lord GOD, you alone know that.”
Then he said to me:
Prophesy over these bones, and say to them:
Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones:
See! I will bring spirit into you, that you may come to life.
I will put sinews upon you, make flesh grow over you,
cover you with skin, and put spirit in you
so that you may come to life and know that I am the LORD.
I prophesied as I had been told,
and even as I was prophesying I heard a noise;
it was a rattling as the bones came together, bone joining bone.
I saw the sinews and the flesh come upon them,
and the skin cover them, but there was no spirit in them.
Then the LORD said to me:
Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy, son of man,
and say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord GOD
From the four winds come, O spirit,
and breathe into these slain that they may come to life.
I prophesied as he told me, and the spirit came into them;
they came alive and stood upright, a vast army.
Then he said to me:
Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel.
They have been saying,
“Our bones are dried up,
our hope is lost, and we are cut off.”
Therefore, prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves
and have you rise from them,
and bring you back to the land of Israel.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD,
when I open your graves and have you rise from them,
O my people!
I will put my spirit in you that you may live,
and I will settle you upon your land;
thus you shall know that I am the LORD.
I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

Prophet Ezekiel

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Aug202020

Two Cathedrals

I have been attending daily Mass at St Johns Cathedral in downtown Cleveland. Prayer before the wooden statue of Mary, between the confessional booths, has become profound. Today, I reflected upon the Toledo Cathedral, Holy Rosary, statue of Mary and this Cathedral statue in Cleveland. Both have provided vital aspects of Mary. The Toledo Cathedral Mary, I identify as Virgo Potens: Virgin All Powerful. Today, my prayers were blessed with an identity for the Cleveland Cathedral statue: Mary Dispenser of Grace. Both are deeply rewarding to spend time with.

Mary statue Rosary Cathedral, many prayers and trials here.

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Aug202020

A Gracious God

Thus says the LORD:
I will prove the holiness of my great name,
profaned among the nations,
in whose midst you have profaned it.
Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD,
when in their sight I prove my holiness through you.
For I will take you away from among the nations,
gather you from all the foreign lands,
and bring you back to your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water upon you
to cleanse you from all your impurities,
and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you,
taking from your bodies your stony hearts
and giving you natural hearts.
I will put my spirit within you and make you live by my statutes,
careful to observe my decrees.
You shall live in the land I gave your ancestors;
you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Prophet Ezekiel

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