AUTHOR'S NOTEix
THE ALCHEMY OF GRACE
The Only Mountain1
Come To Your Table2
To See and Know the Sun3
Where We Lightly Go4
Oceanic Love5
Trust You More6
High Hope and Humble Knowing7
Unfeel the Pull8
Why and Why9
Possible to Leap10
Our Knowing Is so Small11
My Night Was Long12
Into the Pure Blue Crisis13
Spouse of My Soul14
I Love You So Imperfectly15
Arrogance the Destroyer16
From Brief Poverty Great Riches17
Hold to the Difficult18
The Cross is the Door19
The Broad Vine of Truth20
You Illuminate Everything21
Draw the Humble Near22
From a Safe Distance23
What Is Humility?24
Heart and Mind25
Woman of Passion and Spirit26
Tongue of My Desire27
Lord, Take This Cup28
Your Name Out Loud29
I Miss You30
The Faint Sound31
Francis, Be With Me Now32
The New Earth Stirring33
A Clear and Distinct Calling34
Simple Song35
A Bold Faith Bold Enough36
Trust Like Noah37
Whether and If and What38
The True Lover39
The First Martyr40
The Gospel According to John41
At the Foot of his Cross42
Pietà43
Shining Secret Shining44
Luke's Virgin is Imperfect45
Sing to Me Now, Pilgrim Saint46
When I Think of a Place47
The Light of What Lies Beyond48
Under a Bright Star49
Oh Little Ones50
Lady, Our Lady51
Late Though He Came52
Calm on the Wild Sea53
Love Alone, Freely Chosen54
Again and Again55
Still the Ancient Fear56
Living Food57
The Infinite Threshold of Hope58
Why Poetry Is Dying59
I Felt You Once60
Languishing in Longing61
In Loving Distance62
How to Hold On63
Make Us New, Mother64
Ignatius of Antioch65
The Senses66
The Conversion of St. Paul67
Openness of Wounded You68
Not Quite in Order69
Paul and Dionysius70
Barefoot and Drunk with Love71
Light Intellectual Replete with Love72
If I Could Slow My Seeing73
Thomas, In His Doubt74
Spine of All the Virtues75
Sensual Hope76
His Heart Alone77
Words Like Stars78
There Is Leeway in a Life79
Unfold Me, Lord80
The Clear, Celestial Song81
Mother of Infinite Patience82
Catherine of Alexandria83
Not Without Guilt84
Song of Lust and Fret85
Lonely and More Lovely86
In Rise and Fall87
What Virtue Sustained You?88
Beneath the Hand of John the Baptist89
We Have to Want to Be Unburdened90
The Alchemy of Grace91
For Comfort Give Me Truth92
Set Fire to the Underbrush93
Like a New Mother94
Let Your Joy Rest on Me95
This Brief, Troubled Stay96
My Faith Is Small and Fragile97
Possibly We Fail98
Frozen Here99
Mother Moon100
Your Net So Laden101
The Way the Fire Sparks102
Lord, Receive My Heart103
NOTES105
SUBJECT INDEX107
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES113
INDEX OF FIRST LINES115
ABOUT THE AUTHOR119
