When we think

sleep of deathwhen we descendthe abyss of ourmiseries in searchof the Lord of Life.We do not do thisto beat ourselvesup or tormentourselves oraccuse ourselves.We do this tofind the SufferingServant who hasgone before usinto these placesand transformedthem into springs of life.

are well-pleasingto the Fatherand that hishumble petitionsand heart-feltpraise rise upto into heavenas a sacrifice ofpraise and asweet-smellingsavour to God,as hands arelifted up in worship,thanksgiving andpleading supplications.

Francis Borgia,held a skullin his handand spenta life in meditationand action.He was one of thewealthiestmen of his time.He saw the decomposingremains of the EmpressIsabella, and was shakento his core and bones.Then he determinedto serve God alonerather than earthly,temporary, fadingpassing authorities.It may be gleanedin our time ofprecariousnessand isolation too.Cling to Christ,God’s extendedhand from eternityinto our era…

in which the soulis drawn by Godis a type of anticipationof the eternal intimacy.And this prayer isnot only meant for religious.A life of prayer andmortificationprepares allto receive a moreintimate experienceof God’s love.

It is the feeling for the Absolute,for the Transcendent.It is the universal experience of beingsecure in the unseen Spirit.(This was published in Micropoet under the name of my beloved mother Genova Maaa who passed away at the young age of 38. I published for a long time under this second name. i write to keep…

break his grip on thehuman world, devotedas it is to power and deceit,and only Jesus could deliverhuman beings fromthe mire of sin and evilin which they floundered.He knew Jesus to be theonly truly radical personto enter human history,for He would refuse touse evil to defeat evil.He would set alighta new order that doesnot employ the…