Lent 24 - in the quiet

I have a cause

we need those don’t we?

otherwise darkness and cold gets in

and everything starts to

ache

My soul has a purpose, it is

to love;

if I do not fulfill

my heart’s desire

I suffer

                                                Thomas Aquinas

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Lazy mornings come

those rare days (not today)

where there is no agenda

when the calendar is white space

and nothing more

I sometimes dread those days

In the deep of winter

when the world is frozen

and my normal “causes”

my yard and pastures

are still asleep

an unready to come out and play

 those white spaces

have their reasons

for they take me beyond the shallows

into the deep

in silent moments

with computer and TV dark

my heart’s voice can finally be heard

and the call of the sacred can

echo in a silent soul

reminding me of my calling

the calling

and in that moment

be both fire

and salve