the antiphon on
Psalm 140.
Keep
me,
O
Lord,
from
the
hands
of the
wicked;
for you are
the strength of my salvation.
*Nicholas Ferrar
1592-1637, deacon & founder of Little Gidding, a relgious community which
did not survive his death, though you
will recognize the name from TS Elliott.
We shall not cease from
exploration
And the end of all our
exploring
Will be to arrive where
we started
And know the place for
the first time.
Through the unknown,
unremembered gate
…
Not known, because not
looked for
But heard, half-heard,in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always--
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
From section V of TS Elliot’s Little Gidding, the last
of the The Four Quartets, which my Mom loved.
And you will recognize our friend Lady Julian
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