Monday Morning Reflection: A Slave to Hope

“Let nothing disturb you,Let nothing frighten you,All things are passing away.God never changes.Patience obtains all thingsWhoever has God lacks nothing:God alone suffices.”St. Teresa of Avila Ugliness aboundsBut “Beauty will save the world.”*Resurrect my hope. The earth shifts beneathBut “Let nothing disturb you.”Resurrect my hope. There is much to fearBut “Let nothing frighten you.”Resurrect my hope. […]

Monday Morning Reflections: Praying Curses

Jesus teaches us to pray, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” The psalms teach us to pray, “O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us! Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against […]