Daily Signet

All quests begin with death—
the death of the old, 
the destruction of baggage, 
the letting go of the acquired self. 
Songs of leaving and letting go, 
songs of seeking and hoping for, 
songs of visions and suspecting more. 
We chant the dance of ghostly warriors. 
We sing the motif of knightly priests. 
Songs of goodbyes and uncharted travels, 
songs of departures and unknown places, 
songs of attaining and pursuing more. 
We lament the loss of those who were holding us. 
We lament the loss of that which we held. 
Songs of farewells and the unexpected. 
Songs of no more and the untested, 
songs of the new and the forsaken, 
we weave a melody of enchantment, 
as we improvise this, our song of death.                                            

Benjamin Martin

On This Day…

St. Gomer: 2 C patron saint of unhappy husbands, and invoked against hernias