Somnambulation

"My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a constant state of total amazement."

--from Joe vs. the Volcano

Da Mihi Animas: Anima Christi

A beautiful meditation courtesy of Father Steve Leake and Gloria T.V.:
Da Mihi Animas: Anima Christi

Almost Autumn...

"Change is a measure of time and, in Autumn, time seems speeded up. What was is not and never again will be; what is, is change."

--Edwin Teale

Temper, temper...

"Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.'

--Sir James M. Barrie

Ad aeternitatem...

"If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest;
if there were no winter, there would be no summer."
- St. John Chrysostom

"...Ah," she said...

Till all the crimson changed, and past
Into deep orange o'er the sea,
Low on her knees herself she cast,
Before Our Lady murmur'd she:
Complaining, "Mother, give me grace
To help me of my weary load."
And on the liquid mirror glow'd
The clear perfection of her face.
"Is this the form," she made her moan,
"That won his praises night and morn?"
And "Ah," she said, "but I wake alone,
I sleep forgotten, I wake forlorn."

--from Mariana in the South by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Just as well...

A single rose still holds
the memory of all that's left
of sleeping dreams.
It seems that all there is to show
lies deep within her heart.
She knows each part of it,
but will not tell.
It's just as well for now.