A Tree Full of Angels

We read a single chapter of this little book online for one of my Seminary classes and after filling several pages in my journal with quotes, I realized I needed to see what else Wiederkehr had to say about seeing and so I ordered it. I read it, but I will be re-reading it because of lines like this,

"We must allow ourselves to be taught by God, and we must share with another person our ache for God."

And she introduced me to this Thomas Merton poem,

Make ready for the Christ,
Whose smile,
Like lightning,
Sets free the song of everlasting glory
That now sleeps,
In your paper flesh,
like dynamite.

It was perfect for Advent and well, always.