A good shepherd is a wonder in contrapposto, an artistmapping the Serengeti with kingdom lines. A good shepherd angles a lion’s eye, traps gazellesin dry fields, copies a cheetah’s spots one leg at a time. A good shepherd does not give you stoneswhen you ask for toast, does not ask you to work without a burningContinue reading “For the Shepherd Who Is Also the Path the Sun Makes in Daytime”
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The Tree of my eternal salvation
This cross is the tree of my eternal salvation, nourishing and delighting me. I take root in its roots, I am extended in its branches, I am delighted by its dews, I am fertilized by its spirit as by a delightful breeze. In my tent I am shaded by its shade, and fleeing the excessiveContinue reading “The Tree of my eternal salvation”
St. Augustine on Good Fruits
As long, therefore, as any one is evil, he cannot bring forth good fruits; for if he were to bring forth good fruits, he would no longer be evil. So it might most truly have been said, snow cannot be warm; for when it begins to be warm, we no longer call it snow, butContinue reading “St. Augustine on Good Fruits”
Locus Communis 