Welcome to Verbum’s series on sacred poetry. Each week for the next several months, we’re featuring entries from respected poets on divine subjects. [Read more…]
The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe (Weekly Poem)
February 15, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Verbum’s new series on sacred poetry. Each week for the next several months, we’re featuring entries from respected poets on divine subjects.
Today’s poem is “The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe.” It’s a longer poem, but a beautiful reflection on Mary the mother of Jesus, one that rewards in the reading. [Read more…]
God’s Grandeur, by Gerard Manley Hopkins (Sacred Poem of the Week)
January 30, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Verbum’s new series on sacred poetry. Each week for the next several months, we’re featuring entries from respected poets on divine subjects.
We’ll begin by looking at a poem from Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889). [Read more…]
