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Monday, March 8th, 2021 “May today there be peace within” by St. Teresa of Avila May today there be peace within.May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.May you use those gifts that you have received, and passContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 8th”

Sunday, March 7th, 2021 (3rd Sunday in Lent) “From a Letter to His Daughter” by Ralph Waldo Emerson Finish every day and be done with it.You have done what you could.Some blunders and absurditiesno doubt have crept in;forget them as soon as you can.Tomorrow is a new day;begin it well and serenelyand with too highContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 7th”

Saturday, March 6th, 2021 “As Much As You Can” by Constantine P. Cavafy And if you can’t shape your life the way you want,at least try as much as you cannot to degrade itby too much contact with the world,by too much activity and talk. Try not to degrade it by dragging it along,taking itContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 6th”

Friday, March 5th, 2021 “Place of Mind” by Richard Blanco Mist haunts the city, tears of rain fallfrom the awnings and window ledges.The search for myself begins an echodrifting away the moment I arrive. From the awnings and window ledgesfollow the rain flowing down the streets.The moment I arrive, I drift away:Why am I alwaysContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 5th”

Thursday, March 4th, 2021 “What is it’s the there and not the here that I long for?” by Tyler Knott GregsonFrom Chasers of the Light What if it’s the thereand not the herethat I long for?The wanderand not the wait,the magicin the lost feetstumbling downthe faraway streetand the way the moonnever hangsquite the same.

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021 “The Third Yes” by Michael Coffey My first yes was eager and earnest and ill-thoughtit was spirited and bouncing and saw the wholeworld like a Chicago snow globe I could shake into beautybut I shook nothing and made no magnificence here My second yes was my ego in search of positioningandContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 3rd”

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 “The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis” by St. Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.Where there is hatred, let me sow love;Where there is error, truth;Where there is injury, pardon;Where there is doubt, faith;Where there is despair, hope;Where there is darkness, light;And where there is sadness, joy.OContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 2nd”

Monday, March 1st, 2021 “The Creation” by James Weldon Johnson And God stepped out on space,And he looked around and said:I’m lonely—I’ll make me a world. And far as the eye of God could seeDarkness covered everything,Blacker than a hundred midnightsDown in a cypress swamp. Then God smiled,And the light broke,And the darkness rolled upContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 1st”