The Heart is the Channel of Grace

~ To approach it all through contemplation, ~ Prayer and love and meditation ~ Understanding the heart is the channel of grace ~ And the mind has the calling ~ To seek The beloved face. ~

What Can Be Done To Heal?

Singing in the Community of Prayer #8 When the world Seems so without spirit or soul What must be done To heal To make all Well? This cycle of poems has been inspired by 'The Monastery of the Heart' by Joan Chittester. Previous poems in the cycle can be read after the image. 1. Everyone …

A More Sacred Version of the Present Today

Singing in the Monastery of the Heart #7 Seeking the rhythm Of a better way Making tomorrow A more sacred version Of the present today. ~ This cycle of poems has been inspired by 'The Monastery of the Heart' by Joan Chittester. Previous poems in the cycle can be read after the image. ~ 1. …

One Voice

Singing in the Monastery of the Heart #6 ~ The world seethes And simmers with noise Is there not One voice Which calls Throughout – Which whispers Silently Behind Every shout. This cycle of poems has been inspired by 'The Monastery of the Heart' by Joan Chittester. Previous poems in the cycle can be read …

In Love There May Yet Be An Answer

Singing in Pain #1 ~ Evil Co-existing with good ~ The riddle Of life’s complexity ~ Smirking Insiduously ~ As our minds Attempt to align ~ The paradoxes Of eternity ~ Yet the heart Responds ~ With compassion And mercy ~ And in love somewhere There may yet be ~ An Answer. ~ “The problem …

Waiting Always Beyond

Singing in the Monastery of the Heart #4 ~ We all seek But how many find The grail? And to fail Is to understand That God The answer Waits Always Beyond. ~ This cycle of poems has been inspired by 'The Monastery of the Heart' by Joan Chittester. Previous poems in the cycle can be …

The Frontier of God’s Infinity

Singing in the Monastery of the Heart #3 ~ An invitation To a meaningful life Where the only frontier Is God’s infinity Of love reaching From infinity to here. ~ This cycle of poems has been inspired by 'The Monastery of the Heart' by Joan Chittester. Previous poems in the cycle can be read after …

Quietude that Grounds the Soul

Singing in the Monastery of the Heart #2 Easy to think sometimes Life is lonely But in solitude Can be found Such a sense Of belonging Quietude That grounds the soul And make the heart To sing. ~ This cycle of poems has been inspired by 'The Monastery of the Heart' by Joan Chittester. Previous …

In the Monastery of the Heart

Everyone lives In a monastery In the monastery Of the heart. ~

Love is the Heart of the Centre

~ And I saw that Love is the heart ~ Of the centre of the universe ~ And that God is love ~ And is holy, unbearably so. ~