Foolish Wisdom

Anxious silence that ravages the death,Of One innocent soul.Lost in the pain of separation,A body bends and breaks.From shattered innocence emerges suffering,On the One who learned the meaning of humanity.To live in anguish and torment through time,Understanding what curses the human soul.Such tortured souls these mortals are,That Divinity must suffer too!Twisted are the sons and …

Forsaken Separation

Van Gennep himself defined rites de passage as “rites which accompany every change of place, state, social position and age.” To point up the contrast between “state” and “transition,” I employ “state” to include all his other terms. It is a more inclusive concept than “status” or “office,” and refers to any type of stable …

Two Sacrifices, One Death: Isaac and the Suffering Servant

Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,    yet he opened not his mouth;like a lamb …

All COVID Souls

Who mourns the dead? They’re numbers on a screen. The dead no longer have the dignity of being dead. “It’s no worse than the flu” they say. “The death count is inflated” they say. “99 percent of cases are totally harmless” they say. Will skeptics mourn the dead? Dismissed, doubted, denied. These dead don’t fit …

let us pray

our motherfathers who artwith us heretherehallowed be our namestrevorjacksuzannemarcellisahmaudbreonnageorgewalterrayshardbelovedbelovedbelovedon these all hallows days of commemorationa triduum of death we know notit is life we remembertheir eyes openawakesleepingpeering into our heartsare thankful for their having madeand making a difference in our liveseven now their presenceessencelighting the sky every morning and eveningwe are on the threshold ofsoul-lightthe …