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Let us turn to the West:
the place of oncoming darkness,
the place of the departed spirits and of letting go; the
home of Bear and night-time dreams
and the season of Autumn.
We thank you for your gifts of Mystery and Transformation.

~ from the Seven Directions Prayer* (This prayer has many versions, source unknown)

Gerald Manley Hopkins

Elected silence

Gerald Manley Hopkins | May 2019 (Vol. XXXII, No. 5)

Elected silence, sing to me
and beat upon my whorled ear,
pipe me to pastures still and be
the music I care to hear.

~ Gerald Manley Hopkins

The music that I care to hear

Gerald Manley Hopkins | June 1999 (Vol. XII, No. 6)

Elected Silence, sing to me
And beat upon my whorled ear,
Pipe me to pastures still and be
The music that I care to hear.

~ Gerald Manley Hopkins

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