Tag Archives: Dante

Finding Sanctuary within the Self

Teasdale’s lovely poem “Sanctuary” finds other ways than the conventional to put us in touch with God.

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Hearing the Celestial Voices

Two shepherd poems to mark the shepherd references in today’s lectionary.

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On Portia, Milosz, and Pardoning Trump

Should Biden pardon Trump. This article, citing “Merchant of Venice” and a Milosz poem, argues no.

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Christ Be with Me, Christ within Me

To understand the Trinity, think of yourself sitting in nature and seeing God both in and beyond your surroundings.

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Trumpian Darkness or True Light? Choose

Trump and many of his fans twist themselves in the perpetual torment of their resentment and anger. Henry Vaughan describes their state in “The World.”

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In a Dante-esque Prison of His Own Making

Trump’s suffering the the Manhattan courtroom is his own version of Dante’s Inferno.

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A Shadow Falls, the Book Glows

As we enter a season of darkness, this Rilke poem reminds us to listen for the numinous.

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Expressing Thanks Is Its Own Reward

Thanks giving is not (as Milton’s Satan) contends, a burdensome debt but the key to deep joy.

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Dante’s Version of Heaven on Earth

In talking to Solomon in Paradiso, Dante gets a new vision of heaven on earth.

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