I am retreat this week at Ender’s Island south of Mystic, CT. So far my primary text has been Pádraig Ó Tuama’s In the Shelter, a beautiful memoir that is a mix of poetry and stunning prose. For today, here is his poem “Collect.” It spoke to me–I trust it will speak to you as well. Collect God of watching, whose gaze I doubt and rally against both, but in which I take refuge, despite my limited vision. Shelter me today,... Read more