I was listening to some of the soul-singing poems of Milosz, at a lecture in the British Library. On my journey there, I had been wandering through the solitude of the crowded underground, singing various Hebrew songs from the melodic Rabbi Shlomo. Later, during the panel discussion, I heard one of the speakers discount the…
Googling round the internet, looking for information on the Iranian film ‘The Apple’, for a film season I was planning, I came across that delightful news story from yesterday’s CNN that you may have seen in the Metro: “Drunken moose finds itself stuck up a Swedish apple tree“, and though I know it’s the season…
When I asked for some bardic tales of the summer I was delighted to receive this lovely account of Justin and friends’ adventures on Margate sands with guitars, eccentric eateries-turned-theatres and all the quirky joys that only the English Seaside offers. With thanks to Barnaby for the wonderful photo of the sunset over Margate. Let’s…
Wild winds awakenWhat duty and chaos dulledin the concrete world. 2 million kneelTo touch the softening earthas heaven descends. This greater silenceOpens the heart of worshipand our souls revive. around us the stormdies as our peace is quickenedand the Spirit rests. What is our bard work for? Waking the spiritWatering the thirsty groundReviving the soul…
The tomb was empty of all but light And the sunshine blessed the opening in the roof of the tombLike a messenger from a brighter world. And in the absence of everyone elseBoth the living and the dead Whose endless needs and questions had been oppressing me darklyWith the weight of their centuries of unresolvable…
When God speaks welcome Into an aching heart – thereHeaven has come home. When water is poured On tired hands that long for touchThere Love has spoken. When philosophy Fails and wealth closes the heartGod’s joy awakens. See, He is Risen.His people are not alone.You are invited To the Feast. Sarah de Nordwall April 2007
What happened when Jesus descended to the dead? How did God die? Is the Corpse of Christ also God? What is Sheol, Hell, Hades? How do you picture it? Do you imagine Him falling into the horror of death as helpless (and yet as triumphant) as Gandalf falling into the abyss in Moria, battling with…
SOM – I close my mouthAs the wraiths pass over the houseTearing at the rooftiles with malicious glee. I allow them no entranceI have learnt of the desert deaths. I stand as the storm ragesAnd the land is wildly purified I stand and you have departed. I breathe as the wind pales. “He split the…
Leonie Caldecott has written a new play about John Paul II and her daughter Tessa is directing. Why don’t you come with us to begin our celebration of the Beatification of JP II? Piotr, Dan, Karolina and I are already booked to go on 27th April. The play starts at 8pm at the Oxford Uni…
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