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Saturday, July 17, 2021

Two Poem Re-Drafts

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  Sleeve   "Why, my son, is it I see the red of blood upon your sleeve? Son, my son, come speak to me." "It is some dye, some...
Friday, July 16, 2021

Dashed Off XV

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This ends the notebook that was finished in May 2020.   non diversa, diversa sed non adversa, diversa et adversa purification: persuasion to...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Saint Lucky the Seraphic

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  Today is the Feast of St. Bonaventura, Doctor of the Church. As I never tire of noting, 'Bonaventura' is a nickname, literally mea...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

God and Infinite Numbers

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St. Augustine, City of God , Book XII , Chapter 18:  As for their other assertion, that God's knowledge cannot comprehend things infinit...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

But I Had Seen the World Stand in Dismay

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One Tuesday in Summer by James McAuley  That sultry afternoon the world went strange. Under a violet and leaden bruise The air was filled wi...
Monday, July 12, 2021

Three Gates to Secret Joys

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 For Holy Church, i.e. the spiritual building, in order to attain to secret joys, has only three gates, viz., faith, hope, and charity; the ...
Sunday, July 11, 2021

Three Poem Drafts

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Whirlwind The poor are never satisfied from their lacking, the rich are never satisfied for their having: poor and rich, rich and poor, they...
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