Over the Woods

Over the woods             I see many angels                         in the brilliance of eternity And you             are one with them So I know             to be sure                         of your glorious destiny. . Image by HadelVera on Pixabay

Advent through the Darkness

~ I journeyed through the dark streets through many days of advent  ~ And arrived at a place of still greater darkness  ~ And in the darkness There came a vision ~ It was not the brightness Of Christmas lights ~  Or the glory of angels But the communication of God ~  Pregnant with meaning …

The Winged Angels

Doves, the flitting symbols of our spirits,             are sold to the devil for a few silver coins He would redeem them             to home and free the winged angels Who repay sacrifice             with loving service. ~ Inspired by a story about St. Francis of Assisi freeing some doves being sold at a market …

The Limitless Host of Heaven

The limitless host of heaven pass in procession Clothed in shining robes chanting the canticles of the angels ‘We are the ones from paradise,’ they answer the unspoken question ‘And this is the end of penitence, poverty, chasteness and obedience, The battle against temptation, the mortification of the unruly desires And striving at odds With …

No Other Angel

No other angel Had such a mission ~ To virgin Flesh ~ A seed Of good news ~ Sown Of a cosmic miracle ~ That here Within her ~ At this time Now must start. ~ Zanobi Strozzi The Annunciation about 1440-5 Egg tempera on wood, 104.5 x 142 cm Bought, 1894 NG1406 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/NG1406

My Silent Annunciation

There was no special star Arising at my birth ~ No Magi travelled From afar ~ No angel made A revelation ~ And yet that time’s Still sacred - ~ My life’s unique And only blessed ~ Silent Annunciation. ~ Annunciation, Fra Angelico

Touch of Grace

Blessed And favoured ~ She was To be a mother ~ Chosen In this time and space ~ And the angel spoke And she knew ~ It could only be A touch of grace. ~

Fire and Blood

The angel's fire from icy clouds ~ To blood-red sweat Groaning from barren rock ~ And the prayer Is not for deliverance ~ But for accompaniment All the way to the cross. ~

How Many Angels?

~ Visited By how many angels Does it say? ~ Yes, The truth is hard To believe! ~ But we receive These Scriptures That point ~ Both ways: To monotheism’s absolute Unshakeable ~ Faith In single Unity ~ Yet also Strangely To that numbered ~ Word Now so encumbered: Trinity. ~

Hesitating

~ How to open the hands? ~ The angel said not to be afraid ~ And now stands offering, waiting - ~ And now all things must be weighed ~ And prayed through the hesitating. ~