#Poetry

Today is the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice that ended WWI. And the great and good are talking about the losses taken, and the scars that remain. It is worth noting that there were war poets: Lewis was one.

III.
Of this we’re certain; no one who dared knock
At heaven’s door for earthly comfort found
Even a door – only smooth, endless rock,
And save the echo of his cry no sound.
It’s dangerous to listen; you’ll begin
To fancy that those echoes (hope can play
Pitiful tricks) are answers from within;
Far better to turn, grimly sane, away.
Heaven cannot thus, Earth cannot ever, give
The thing we want. We ask what isn’t there
And by our asking water and make live
That very part of love which must despair
And die and go down cold into the earth
Before there’s talk of springtime and rebirth.
C.S. Lewis
Prayer For Priests‏ @PrayerForPriest Nov 10 As we mark the 100th anniversary of #Armistice Day on Sunday and remember those who fought and died in the First World War, we also pray for the many priests who serve as Military Chaplains around the world, giving their lives to bring the Sacraments to the souls in their care.

In times of crisis, it hehooves us to be grimly sane, Though the narrative of such times mocks truth, honour and duty, and says that all that matters is the pleasure of the moment, such is a lie: one that cannot sustain you in times of trial.

But Christ can. Though in this life all too often there is but pain. Let us pray for comfort for the families who have lost a husband, father or friend, and for healing for those who the current terrors have wounded.

But when society doubles down on their lies, we to truth must remain.