Blessed is the onewho does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners takeor sit in the company of mockers,but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,and who meditates on his law day and night.That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,which yields its fruit… Continue reading Stay Close to the Source
Oh well I’m the type of guy who will never settle downWhere pretty girls are well, you know that I’m aroundI kiss ’em and I love ’em ’cause to me they’re all the sameI hug ’em and I squeeze ’em they don’t even know my nameThey call me the wanderer, yeah the wandererI roam around… Continue reading A Wandering Aramean
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
Brother Alberic 