Speaking a Cosmos into Being

In the beginning The word speaking A cosmos Into being Then humanity From the evolution Of the stars And the language changed To the cry Of a newborn child.

Humanity and I

~ Praise God For these wonderful coincidences ~ These serendipities Of chance ~ These that move And have their being ~ Humanity And I. ~

A Cosmos Beautiful and Vast

~ I am grateful For the beginning of time ~ When God’s Decision ~ Was to create A cosmos ~ Beautiful And vast ~ And life Responsible ~ Humanity That might last. ~ Image by Aditya Goswami from Pixabay

The Mystery

~ The Christ  Mystery ~ That God Should be dwelling ~ With our Humanity. ~ The Nativity, by Van Dyck

Contemplation Gives Birth to Charity

~ Contemplation gives birth To charity ~ So let us contemplate This holy mystery ~ Of a babe In a manger ~ Not just For the predictable human feelings ~ Of warmth And protectiveness ~ But also For the world vision ~ Of the man He will become ~ In divine Compassionate humanity. ~ 'Nativity', …

Spiritual Reflection – I arise and The Lorica of St. Patrick (1)

This is the first in a series on "The Lorica of St. Patrick" (a "lorica" is aprotection prayer) , known as "The Deer's Cry" or "St. Patrick's Breastplate". It's a prayer that could be used in the morning, as it begins simply: I arise More than that, the "arising" is through a mighty strength What …

Spiritual Reflection – Created

A rule of life is like a reminder of what life is all about. Many of us have been wondering what life is all about at the moment. Life has been thrown up in the air, put on hold, challenged, shown to be fragile, interruptable, easy to lose. How do you make sense of life …

Humanity So Lowly

I live in Shropshire, in the UK. At Wroxeter is the remains of an ancient Roman city. The Wrekin, Caer Caradoc and The Lawley are all names of hills visible from the ruins. . Where Wroxeter stands I imagine Roman men . Under the eye of God And of the Wrekin . And Care Caradoc …

A Meeting Place of Heaven and Earth

. Here is a meeting place Of heaven and earth . Time and space Humanity and grace . All coming together In new birth. . Photo by Simon Matzinger from Pexels

Spiritual Humanity

. Divine creation Fallibility . These are The revelations . Of spiritual Humanity. . Image by John Hain from Pixabay