Daily Signet

O Beloved Spirit,
Do not despair of me,
though it seems
I am so long in breaking through.

Do not despair of me,
though this snarl of flesh
seems to constrict my own I Am.

Do not despair of me,
though I seem to shape what I see
with what I expect
always seeing two where there is only one.

Do not despair of me
though I seem to take pride in my trying—
stubbed off from my becoming.

I cannot roll away the stone
or widen the aperture for Your light.
I look to You for grace
that it may give me an opening
into new vision, new eyes.

Do not despair of me
Your grace, my only hope.
Amen.                                                                                    

Benjamin Martin

On This Day…

St. Colette: 14C reformer and founder of Colletine Poor Clare Order and organizer of 17 convents

Charles Dickens born 1812 in Portsmouth, England, died 1870: novelist, social critic. Works: Oliver Twist, The Pickwick Papers, Great Expectations
Quotes: “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”