A laughable matter

It seems that...

and no matter what...

things continue...

Since we are caught...

our own intransigence...

'cause sin is real...

and own the truth...

cutting ourselves off...

separating us from ourselves

and the God of our creation...

engulfing us in this darkness

trying to block the Light

Blind

I do not

hurry

because

listen

more

because

touch

gently

because

I long

to

see

                                                      *Jerry Schroeder, Cap.

*Reflections of Alan Jones:

  -The second and third conversions are necessary precisely because they reach those painful depths of personal suffering and terror that routine religion simply cannot touch.  Without the second and third possibilities, the first conversion can easily become a masquerade that keeps us infantile (rather than childlike) and prevent us from moving into a maturing faith.  "Nothing is as apt to mask the face of God as religion," wrote Martin Buber.  Soul making has to do with the removing of masks and with setting us free.  We are called to enjoy the very life of God..., and it is to that life that we must...turn.