Category: Poetic Rambling
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How Poetry Tells the Truth
Recently, my friend Arnelle shared this haiku and it has stayed with me: “Barn’s burnt down, now I can see the moon.” — Mizuta Masahide (17th-century Japanese poet and samurai). The haiku awakens me to a deeper, more critical, and even cynical…
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The Happiness Jar
Via Melissa Gilbert The tale and idea is by Melissa Gilbert. Who said if her house was on fire her happiness jar would be the first thing she would tak. images and video can be seen here by sketches in…
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Above All Life
“You cannot be neutral on a moving train” Zinn We are Sacred Hearts no matter what our faith is or is not. The resilience of those who suffer mercilessly through no fault of their own, yet still continue to sing,…
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A Tabernacle Door
Finding a 17th-century tabernacle door filled me with questions. Its angelic face is carved from a single piece of wood— Time has peeled away layers of paint, leaving behind a weathered beauty. Its expression is a silent witness to countless…
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In All Things Big and Small-
The small acts have the ripple effect, but grand gestures—especially in times of crisis—create waves of change that touch many lives, hopefully in a profound way. Taking a stand in the face of injustice or stepping up during a crisis…
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Flashback to My Holier Days Living in a Monastery
When I was nineteen, I went to live in a Benedictine Monastery in New Mexico. As the monastery was semi-cloistered, each community member was assigned a task when they arrived to help maintain the monastery and partake in community life.…