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Sunday May 01, 2022
How analytic
can one be in the presence
of a caressing
crucifix caringly placed
on a fragile neckline?
Monday May 02, 2022
One must lovingly
ask: "But what about her words?"
Milan Kundera
comes to mind: "Everyone has
the right to be understood."
Tuesday May 03, 2022
A misspoken word
once heard can be rectified
through the artistry
of masterfully speaking
only when the time is right.
Wednesday May 04, 2022
He still gets a thrill
participating in the
power dynamic.
It discloses its secrets
to those with the eyes to see.
Thursday May 05, 2022
The news was a shock
to his already whether
beaten solitude.
Thomas Merton had his M,
and it led him to Bangkok.
Friday May 06, 2022
The TMT is
the old grammatical glue
uniting the new
AB with the CCC.
It's all about the letters.
Saturday May 07, 2022
Holy water on
The Monastic Diurnal?
The Monastic Diurnal?
The bell tolls for thee.
Jung's irrational fullness?
At one with the free esprit.
Sunday May 08, 2022
After all these years
his greatest fears were confirmed
through his own offspring
seeking answers for themselves.
For they too were traumatized.
Monday May 09, 2022
Just East of Eden,
beyond the silent cells down
in the valleys and
up on the mountain tops,
mystics whisper their secrets.
Tuesday May 10, 2022
From Prime to Compline
he reads through the ancient prayers.
No word is uttered,
but all words are discovered
through the daily ritual.
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Writing out the past
for his attentive reader.
There is more to share,
but he had to stop it there
for the sake of their future.
Thursday May 12, 2022
He's always been a
conservative radical:
conservative when
it comes to tradition, but
radical with all the rest.
Friday May 13, 2022
He is a good man
with a very good heart who
only wants to pay
caring attention to thee,
the only one who's worthy.
Saturday May 14, 2022
He's still protesting,
despite his catholicity.
The development
of doctrine requires him
to live out the religious.
Sunday May 15, 2022
He saw his first red
breasted robin just outside
the bedroom window.
The branch she was perched upon
supported her lovely song.
Monday May 16, 2022
This stormy Monday
is the friend of all manic
depressives who try
to walk between the drops till
the rain becomes their raincoat.
Tuesday May 17, 2022
His second child
appeared in his life twenty
seven years ago.
Born under the Venus-ruled
earth sign, steady as a bull.
Wednesday May 18, 2022
The merciless snow
covered Huike to his waist.
Shedding frozen tears
strengthened his aspiration
for worldly amputation.
Thursday May 19, 2022
The net of scriptures
entangle those who write of
the net of scriptures
entangling those writing
about such entanglement.
Friday May 20, 2022
C.G. Jung's forward
to D.T. Suzuki's book
does it's very best
to avoid committing crimes
against the spirit of Zen.
C.G. Jung's forward
to D.T. Suzuki's book
does it's very best
to avoid committing crimes
against the spirit of Zen.
Saturday May 21, 2022
Is A Common Faith
Rahner’s Hörer des Wortes
in pragmatic drag?
Contingency, irony,
common anonymity.
Sunday May 22, 2022
The ecclesial
avant-garde embody the
avant-garde embody the
secret that cannot
be said, but instead gets shown
while hiding within plain sight.
Monday May 23, 2022
If at first you don't
proceed, then try, try again
until your dear friend
feels secure enough to be
as easy as her breathing.
Tuesday May 24, 2022
The minimalist
use of the means of candid
communication
acts as an encouragement
to continue in the cell.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
It is a matter
of accommodation, then
adaptation, then
adjustment until balance
is achieved (if you so please).
Thursday May 26, 2022
The natural pace
that is in place is very
appealing to him.
The timing of history
is so impeccably right.
Friday May 27, 2022
Rahner’s own active
indifference is a Catholic
instance of Dōgen
Zenji’s passive detachment.
Variations on a theme.
Saturday May 28, 2022
Care for everyone
without caring whether they
care for you or not.
Don’t expect a thing from them.
"...be made visible as care."
Sunday May 29, 2022
Wanting to know but
not wanting to be known is
the secret MO
among those who disclose just
enough to protect themselves.
Monday May 30, 2022
The Birmingham Three
have not received the justice
that they so deserve.
He knows this for a fact since
he speaks with a third of them.
Tuesday May 31, 2022
His Song of Myself
continues to ring within
his ears as he writes
continues to ring within
his ears as he writes
these words that faintly echo
the barbaric yawp of old.
