Amaryllis

These cold days I rise early, fetch the amaryllis from its warm night-place, set it in the east window and wait for the morning sun to break the horizon-line. The amaryllis has one stem of wilted petals but another stem has come into bloom. Whichever way I set the pot, the flowers turn to face the sun. I open my Bible and recollect the words of Catholic social activist Dorothy Day: “My strength…returns to me with my cup of coffee and the reading of the psalms.”

Go in peace to love and serve The Lord!

Josh