And the Word was made flesh...

Light looked down and beheld Darkness.
"Thither will I go," said Light.
Peace looked down and beheld War.
"Thither will I go," said Peace.
Love looked down and beheld Hatred.
"Thither will I go," said Love.
So came Light and shone.
So came Peace and gave rest.
So came Love and brought Life.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

T.S. Eliot, from "Choruses from 'The Rock'"

Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for making Your home with us. "Let my soul, like Mary, be thine earthly sanctuary." Amen.

The other side of silence

Photography by Ann L. Krumrein

If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. ~George Eliot, 1819-80