Sonnet

Turn to the Lord your God again.
For He is tenderness and compassion.
He is ready to remove all stain.
And free us from all life’s passion.

I am watching two programmes, one on the Ness of Brodgar excavation.
The other on Pluscarden Abbey in Scotland.
One three thousand years old but already concerned with spiritual contemplation.
The other dating from 1204, the last remaining medieval monastic island.

The film of the abbey is a meditation.
Silent save for the Divine Office chant.
The Gregorian chant is Joy’s foundation.
A delicately growing spring plant.

Today need not be one of sadness.
But of fond memories and gladness.

Haiku

No sadness today
Fond memories of joy found
Meditation