Daily Signet

We look for direct access to the imagination—the star in us—the mercurial element of transformation and creation. Can we take on more than we want to be, to be what we need to be, to be what we are asked to be? We reach in for that star and look to transform, that the inner can shine outer and that what is outer is true to the inner. That in the masking and unmasking, we will learn grace and fidelity and sophia. It is more than enough to be so loved, so blessing drenched.  

Might our jobs, our work, our calling be our crucible, and what we pour into it, our mater? And out of this alchemy, a new human who is the human we have always been but could not be because we were always in the way?  

O Holy Spirit, in our giving up and giving in, may our submission lead to the star in us—the imaginatio of our mater. Amen.

Benjamin Martin

On This Day…

St. Mark: Apostle and evangelist

Ted Kooser born 1934 in Ames, Iowa: poet, Poet Laureate.

Works: Delights and Shadows, Local Wonders, Flying at Night

Quotes: “Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can’t read the address.” “There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.” “A poem is a record of discovery.”