Tuesday, July 31, 2012


e questo cielo non ha altro dove
che la mente divina, in che s'accende
l'amor che 'l volge e la virtù ch'ei piove

This heaven has no other where than this:
the mind of God, in which are kindled both
the love that turns it and the virtue it rains.

God's reign
is as near
and needed

as summer rain

Monday, July 30, 2012

Oh gioia! oh ineffabile allegrezza!
oh vita intègra d'amore e di pace!
oh sanza brama sicura ricchezza!

O joy! O gladness words cannot say!
O life fulfilled by love and peace!
O richness assured day by day!

We daydream of  ecstatic
dramatic change
bestowed not built

Thy kingdom comes
minute by minute
with each choice 


God's choice 
is love
Ours often not

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Ciò ch'io vedeva mi sembiava un riso
de l'universo; per che mia ebbrezza
intrava per l'udire e per lo viso.

What I saw seemed to be a smile
the universe had smiled; my rapture had
entered by way of hearing and of sight.

Smiling bright
as we rose above 
sea and city 

Lightness of being
in this moment
full of delight

Saturday, July 28, 2012


Le fronde onde s'infronda tutto l'orto
de l'ortolano etterno, am'io cotanto
quanto da lui a lor di bene è porto»

The leaves enleaving the garden of
the eternal gardener, I love so much
the good source they share

Open the door
to find 
what more

the gardener
intends
for our care

Friday, July 27, 2012

con la predetta conoscenza viva,
tratto m'hanno del mar de l'amor torto,
e del diritto m'han posto a la riva.

with the promised living knowledge
I was drawn from the sea of twisted love
and straightened set on the shore.

What I know of love
is half wrong
even more

Loving
is worth more
than knowing

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Dunque a l'essenza ov'è tanto avvantaggio,
che ciascun ben che fuor di lei si trova
altro non è ch'un lume di suo raggio,

più che in altra convien che si mova
la mente, amando, di ciascun che cerne
il vero in che si fonda questa prova.

So where is the essence of such advantage
from which every good unfolds
what is the lumen of its radius

through our needs it moves
the mind to loving, who discerns
the truth in which its source is proven

Recognizing ourselves
in our enemies
as in our beloved

We discern our
common creation
and shared purpose

Wednesday, July 25, 2012


E io: «Per filosofici argomenti
e per autorità che quinci scende
cotale amor convien che in me si 'mprenti:

ché 'l bene, in quanto ben, come s'intende,
così accende amore, e tanto maggio
quanto più di bontate in sé comprende.

And I: By philosophic arguments
and by authority whose source is here,
such love must be in me imprinted;

for the good, once it is understood as such,
enkindles love; and greater
goodness comes of greater love.

Faith hope and love
are verbs
responding to objects

Goodness truth and beauty
are objects
prompting action