Infinitely Loving Face

Since the beginning Of time God’s presence Is everywhere Even where you are today Divine grace Smiles With an invisible Infinitely loving Heavenly face. “...the indwelling of the Divine Presence in everyone and everything since the beginning of time” (from 'The Universal Christ', Richard Rohr, p.1) ~

Grace Fullness

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #8 For all Of time ~ The temptation To avoid ~ The void Unknowing ~ Its emptiness Hid the supremely ~ Important The meaning ~ Of all The grace ~ Fullness Of the truly divine. ~ Previous poems in the cycle are found after the image below 1. ~ So much fear …

Summon Your Soul

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #7 No one else Can say Where your courage Awaits For mind, will, And emotion Must summon Your soul To goodness And to action. ~ Inspired by Richard Rohr's book 'Immortal Diamond'. Previous poems in this cycle appear after the image below... 1. ~ So much fear As if it was unbearable …

Loving There, Now and Here

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #6 Within There are demons As well as divine Darkness So how to discover God is also there? And way beyond Both far and near Loving me there Now and here. ~ Inspired by Richard Rohr's book 'Immortal Diamond'. Previous poems in this cycle appear after the image below... ~ Why Did …

The Hidden Power of Timeless Revelation

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #5 Why Did I deny The divine presence So present in those tastings Of transcendence? I did not know It was God Whispering in all Still moments of transfiguration I did not understand at all The hidden power Of timeless revelation. ~ Inspired by Richard Rohr, who writes about "“the human temptation …

A Better Eternity

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #4 I was running From my own pain My own Insecurity Running into A confusion Of lies A false security Until there beckoned A voice of divinity Calling me deeper Redefining my identity From God I now seek A better Eternity. Inspired by Richard Rohr, who writes about "“the human temptation to …

Source of Love

IMMORTAL DIAMOND POEMS #3 Deeper Than our deepest identity God Our reality Awaiting Our destiny Our source Of love Where we May endlessly run. ~ Inspired by Richard Rohr, who writes about "“the human temptation to run from and deny not just the divine presence, but our own true selves, our inner destiny, our true …

Made for Transcendence

. Made for transcendence And endless horizons . We stared Through a glass darkened . By absence Of light . Now lift your gaze See deeper still . Let your mind glimpse The glorified vision . Just Right. . Inspired by a phrase in the book "Immortal Diamond" by Richard Rohr: "We are made for …

Seeds of Revelation

~ What is within? Planted ~ At our first Creation ~ The seeds Of revelation ~ Growing now By contemplation. ~ Inspired by some words by Richard Roher:”The first motion is already planted within us by God at our creation … which gives spiritual wisdom” ('Everything Belongs', p.2) ~

A Cosmic Humility

~ Not knowing Is a deeper kind ~ Of knowing A cosmic humility ~ That leads us through experience To divinity. ~ Inspired by Richard Rohr: ""It seems that God is asking humanity to live inside of a cosmic humility...not knowing and often not even needing to know is a deeper way of knowing and …