I have to leave my garden. The monastery of Mount St. Joseph Abbey is to close and I am heartbroken. My garden has been helping me to grow these past three plus years. I have planted seeds in the warmth and comfort of an indoor bathroom. When they were young but sturdy I re-potted them… Continue reading Garden Purgatory
I spend my nights down on the wharf in unlit alleywaysNext to the church downtown where Sally praysCome down sometime, we’ll eat a rusty can of corn, yeahAnd listen to the radio, I love you, I love you, it says Where did your heart go?Did you put it on a train?Did you leave it in… Continue reading Worthy (not Worthy)
The day before yesterday, as I was walking the round of the cloister of the monastery, the brethren were sitting around forming as it were a most loving crown. In the midst, as it were, of the delights of paradise with the leaves, flowers, and fruits of each single tree, I marveled. In that multitude… Continue reading Get Thee to the Garth
I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. He was seen by Peter and then by… Continue reading Prove It!
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 I am not a big fan of… Continue reading You Are Not The One – Reorientate
Alas poor Alberic, I knew him well! I was pondering on my death recently and what would be written on my tombstone. And then I thought that if I stayed in the monastery I wouldn’t have a tombstone but a simple cross, yes the cross of Jesus Christ – that which cuts through all pretense.… Continue reading Away With The Fairies
You’re everywhere and nowhere babyThat’s where you’re atGoing down a bumpy hillsideIn your hippy hatFlying across the countryAnd getting fatSaying everything is groovyWhen your tires are flat (Laurence Weiss / Scott David English) Every so often I will check in with my second favourite football team, QPR, and watch some match highlights. The fans love… Continue reading Can you fake it and make it?
Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom:… Continue reading 666 – Sucked into Tech World
It’s the same old S.O.S.But with brand newBroken fortunes,And once again I turnTo youOnce again, I doI turn to you It’s the same old S.O.SBut with brand newBroken fortunesI’m the sameUnderneathBut this, youYou surely knew I remember an endless debate I used to have with a work colleague of mine over which was the best… Continue reading Life Is A Pigsty
We got married in a feverHotter than a pepper sproutWe’ve been talking ’bout JacksonEver since the fire went out ‘Jackson’ – June Carter Cash The famous duet from Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, entitled ‘Jackson’, features a couple bemoaning the view of their getting married in a pique of ‘fever’. Now being bored with… Continue reading Done in a Fever
Brother Alberic 