in every man lies a zone of solitude
that no human intimacy can fill and there
God encounters us
Brother Roger
one is always looking
perhaps finding is simply looking further
the building we call church,
merely a scaffolding of struggling souls
only the voice of God
can make the desert sands rejoice
why do we strive to get people to go to church
when we are the church
dying is seeking the inner freedom to let go
and trust something new will be given
dying is moving into life beyond life
the challenge is to live our wounds through
by letting them go into our heart
instead of thinking them through
to let them enter our silence
instead of talking about them
hear the deep strong inner voice of love
and let it lead beyond the boundaries of this life
because of our belief in community
we choose to have no superiors
or inferiors
among us
we choose to be a community of dance and song
in spite of the tendencies of our times
to despair and cynicism
Weston Priory, Vermont
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