Control

Each time

I proclaim

myself

Master of my destiny,

Ruler of my universe,

You just laugh,

and laugh,

and laugh.

O vexatious Truth of truths,

O unwelcome Reality of realities,

bend me to Your will.

Bumblebees

Speak up! Act up! NOW!

Brainbound bumblebees buzzing

Be still! Stars emerge

Human Nature

Brutal and beautiful are we.
And try though we might,
they refuse to be divorced.

Oh, what to do, what to do:
bury our heads in the sandbox,
or embrace the paradox?

Obedience

"Eat the pork," says the world.

"Everyone does it.

It's what we do.

Eat the pork.

Why be so obstinate?

Do you not know the cost?

Just eat the pork.

Why sacrifice over a triviality?

No one will know.

No one will care.

Just eat the damn pork!"

Seventy-seven years ago, Franz Jägerstätter refused to "eat the pork" and was martyred by the Nazis. Those who killed him likely called him a fool, whom they were relegating to the dustbin of history. But now, seventy-seven years later, the Church calls him Blessed, and his story is told on the silver screen. It is the story of a man who recognized that our Parent's will is never trivial, and always worth the cost. The whims of human power may never understand that truth, but we do. And we choose to remember.

Brother Franz, pray for us!

Might's Folly

Light of Light rising
Dragging us down to Darkness
Fragrant blossoms sing

O blessed Dead
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
forgive us,
pray for us.

Vision

Behold
the object
of your scorn.

Can you not see
the face
of your sibling?