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To Surrender to a Sacrament
To surrender to a sacrament is to open to a flood to be swept clean away and carried to a spring fresh shore to feast with friends and never again carry…
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From The Beginning
No one can take them out of my hand. The Father and I are one. John 10:30
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Springtime in New York
Not a Frank Sinatra song but the end of a long aggravating assault of snowplows on asphalt.
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Breakfast On the Beach
When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with a fish laid on it and some bread. John 21:9
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April 2025

Earth Day in Central Park
The future has a full diaper no one wants to change.
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Being Consciousness Bliss
“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit…
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The Earth’s Holy Father
An Earth Day elegy for Pope Francis
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Ascent from Hell
He was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell. The third day he arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven… The Apostles Creed
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Judas
How many ironies in that kiss that handed over his friend to the religious cops? Some say they were best friends, at first, Jesus trusted him with their…
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Garden of Gethsemane
After withdrawing about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, he prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not…
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ACTS of Prayer
A kind of acrostic poem about the four kinds of prayer.
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Your Side of the Street
“Let the man among you who has no sin be the first to cast a stone at her.” John 8:7
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