About learning to swim in the sea of life

You teach us to swim in the sea of life
by standing in the water with us.

About the gifts we have and the gifts we don't have

It is as important to discern the gifts we have
as it is to discern the gifts we don't have.

Then let us call them by those names
rather than by thinking of them
as strengths and weaknesses.

Give us, dear Lord, the wisdom to do so.

About love, truth and Life

We cannot extinguish love.
Love is the fire which will not go out.

We cannot extinguish truth.
Truth is the water which constantly flows.

We cannot extinguish life.
Life is the breath which never dies.

A cry from the heart

Oh, how I wish I could empty myself of 'me'.

About ourselves - in this life and the next

All we can do in this life is the best we can with what we have been given - cutting our coat according to our cloth.

Only in the next life, which is just around the corner, will everything be seen for what it is.

Only there, will we find complete understanding, of ourselves - and others.

About the pull of the sun - and of God

The sun is holding us in its elliptical embrace,
even as we struggle to break away;
holding us, warming us,
fuelling our lives.

And so are you to us, Our God,
drawing and gently pulling us in
with your lasso of love.

About The Blessed Trinity and the Holy Family

The two greatest planks in the framework of my religious faith
are belief in and love for the Blessed Trinity and the Holy Family.

Jesus is the link between the two,
as Son of the Father,
and, through the Holy Spirit,
son of Mary
and foster-son of Joseph.