Tag Archives: poverty
The prayer of the pipe
My power is in my emptiness My humility is in my emptiness May I empty onto empty, O Lord © Meisaan Chan
The path of emptiness
Let go of suffering – what are you to do with it? Let go of joy – what are you to do with it? For you will not lose what you think you will lose and you will not gain … Continue reading
Poor in spirit
I belong because you are I journey because you are I hope because you are I am because you are © Meisaan Chan
Rejecting them all
All the possible alternatives to your plan – I want none of them! Dust and refuse! © Meisaan Chan
If you have no car, no bike, no phone, no shoes, nothing that the world values
There are so many ways home, says the Lord; come home, dear ones, come home © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
If they take it all away
If they take it all away and all my kingdoms fall I’ll have nothing left to look at but you If they take it all away and I run to you you will show me that they didn’t © Meisaan Chan
First fruits
Empty self, plucking open-handed golden gift wildly poor, rich © Meisaan Chan
