Prayer List Poems

"Know that Christ is always with you,

TO: those who got their first boo-boo
Those who want to win a race
Those who want to pass the driving...

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Happiness is the first rain that breaks the drought,
           Seeing the joyful faces on farmers...

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Be it- me, and 
Be it- you, or 
Be it- me and you 
Be it- pleasure, and 
Be it- inspiration 
Be it- hope, and 
Be...

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Blessed Assumption of the Immaculata! I wrote this in honor of Fr. Kolbe… they are the same, but not the same -- at the same...

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Hope who believes – bringing peace
Dreams coming true, beautiful joys
Arising in the promises of 
Tomorrows who sigh in remembrance
Laughter and lasting love,
Feelings that flow from...

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I
Once we prayed for fatigued hands
Jesus, Yahwah Rophikah, healer
He had previously helped heal Carmelo
God had been faithful to Hebrews
In the desert, in Canaan, in wars
Yahwah...

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Dear God,

First of all, this next year open my eyes and heart in prayer 

Then when I read my Bible, let Your Word remove all...

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New Year's Resolutions 

This new year marches into view
Brooding and still with empty calendar pages
For this pilgrim on a pilgrimage past new mile markers
Engraved with...

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Resolutions should give voice to hope
when reason gets beyond all the trope.
Reckoning ahead to energize
I resolve to get more exercise:

     ...

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Dear God, 

With faith* in You, I ask for:

     continuous thankful heart
         ...

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I resolve to exhale after I’ve thoroughly leaned in
to listen, to understand, to empathize.

     I resolve to see the smile in...

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Spend time in prayer, in scripture, in God’s presence – every day, rain or shine, because this is the time I shall forever treasure!

Plant a...

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I
Wishes that you find peace, the Hebrew Shalom
For it includes well-being, being WHOLE-some
One need not have religion when one has Shalom
So my deepest desire this...

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Show more love                      ...

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Maple, oak and piney TREES
Bonsai-trimmed tiny TREES
Those gigantic redwood TREES
My front yard flowering dogwood TREES.

Wetland, dry-land chestnut TREES
Prolific English walnut TREES
Mine timber TREES
Solid and limber...

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