Rosary Tree
a rosary tree
a blessing tree
its prayers bearing fruit
like pearls
like flower praying beads
many smiles
blessing you
blessing me
one for love
one for peace
one for healing
one for strength
one for comfort
one for courage
one for remembrance
of your Essence
reminding us
to flavor
and savor
each breath
with calm
with peace
with ease
“True love in every moment praises God.
Longing love brings a sorrow sweet to the pure.
Seeking love belongs to itself alone.
Understanding love gives itself equally to all.
Enlightened love is mingled with the sadness of the world.
But selfless love bears an effortless fruit,
Working so quietly even the body cannot say how it comes and goes.”
—Mechtild of Magdeburg,
from “Women in Praise of the Sacred”, edited by Jane Hirshfield, p. 95
Rosary Tree
a rosary tree
a blessing tree
its prayers bearing fruit
like pearls
like flower praying beads
many smiles
blessing you
blessing me
one for love
one for peace
one for healing
one for strength
one for comfort
one for courage
one for remembrance
of your Essence
reminding us
to flavor
and savor
each breath
with calm
with peace
with ease
“True love in every moment praises God.
Longing love brings a sorrow sweet to the pure.
Seeking love belongs to itself alone.
Understanding love gives itself equally to all.
Enlightened love is mingled with the sadness of the world.
But selfless love bears an effortless fruit,
Working so quietly even the body cannot say how it comes and goes.”
—Mechtild of Magdeburg,
from “Women in Praise of the Sacred”, edited by Jane Hirshfield, p. 95