As The Stag Thirsts

My Jesus, sweet is Thy Name, for my wild heart you came to rescue and tame never to maim. Laying gentle claim upon my fragile frame, you...

In the midnight hour trust in My benevolent power. Come, O beautiful one, thy infidelities are undone. I am the Son, the vict’ry is won....

A snowflake on my nose poetry or prose… both I suppose but who knows because time froze and here, in this world so cold I grow so fragile...

Nottingham’s noble forest, Robin’s hallowed hood, the deep, dense Sherwood. There, birdsong is purest, inner silence surest, I sat where...

Sure as the river flows a morning gently glows. While the Gardener sows, a morning gently grows. Reverent, still—I remain in my seat as...

Perched, patient, calm trilling a psalm nature’s blessèd balm. Hum, hum, hum hummingbird hymns swiftly sailing o’er shores to soothe...

Hovering atop heavenly haze— O the vastness, I gaze. Enlightened by sun rays, I see clearly these days. Sailing along azure seas...

The poem presented here is the joint work of two brothers in Christ-- Tyler and Henrik--who love writing poetry for the glory of God. We...

O Lord, that I may see, more than this blurry tree standing here, before me— cleanse mine eyes of obscuring vanity. Grant unto me, Thy...

Where unforgiving thorns impound, teeth of the wretched hellhound, lift up thine eyes, look around, for the Mystical Rose is near, her...

The valley of humility is where we learn, most of all, the truth of who we are and of who God is. For it is there that we learn of our...

(A reflection and interweaving of the readings for the Second Wednesday of Advent, Year B: Isaiah 40:25-31; Psalm 103; Matthew 11:28-30)...

Stream of mercy flow that in this heart of mine fragrant flowers may grow perfumed with Love divine. Ray of love doth shine that in my...

Love cascades— self-emptying waterfall refreshment bestowed upon all; fire quenching flood Thy Most Precious Blood; tender torrents...

With disfigured face, I wept in such disgrace. Eyes opened, pale complexion Lies believed, lost reflection. I am of Adam’s race, a...

Lying atop a grassy knoll head not in a hole heart rather full I sing from my inmost soul a meadowlark's melodious canticle of Thy Love...

When day is past and night far gone, I shall rise, alive at dawn as a nascent fawn, resurrected, made anew feet grazing morning’s gentle...

I am a child of the Light, created by and for Love, to live now and ever in eternal Life. Lord and Master teach me to remain in Your...

Enlighten the darkness of our hearts, O Divine Blaze of Fire, O Lover of Mankind! Unify our hearts, gathering us together from the...

Oh! my son, I see you so ashamed, woefully wounded. I hear you in such agony, lamentably miserable. I know you— who you are. I love you....