The Invisible God: Poems for Devotions

by John J. Brugaletta

Overview

In addition to being entertaining, these poems pose questions for Christians, whether new converts or seasoned believers. In many cases they can function as a checklist for the depth of one's faith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498244077
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	05/09/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

John J. Brugaletta was brought to faith by the works of C. S. Lewis. He is Professor Emeritus of English at California State University, Fullerton, where he taught courses in Shakespeare, Dante, and Homer, while editing and publishing South Coast Poetry Journal. The Invisible God is his sixth collection of poems.
John Brugaletta enjoys reading the poetry of poets like Billy Collins, Richard Wilbur and Robert Frost and he writes his own poetry with a similar elan. After teaching at a state university for three decades, he moved to the far northern end of coastal California where life is edenic. This is his eighth book of poems.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

1 Quests

The Blind Ones 2

A Civil Reply to Screwtape 3

Little Flame 4

Quest of the Magi 5

Maturing 6

Birthplaces of Immortality 7

The Camel and the Needle's Eye 8

The Edge of Light 10

Our Wait for the Messiah 11

2 Assurances

Assurances 13

The Speed of Light 14

The Hand 15

The Bunch of Grapes and the Son 16

Hope 17

Lepers 18

Greatest Friend 19

Consummations 20

To Seek Is to Have Found 21

3 Praying

It Might Have Been the Louvre 23

Language of Paradise 24

With the Savior 25

Speaking with the Father 26

Cheater's Prayer 27

Losing Is Finding 29

Thanks I 30

Thanks II 31

From the Whirlwind 32

No Breaking Branch 33

Breakages 34

Caritas 35

Fabrications 36

The Invisible God 37

Before Being Notified 38

Heretics 39

Prayer on Going to Bed 40

"My Kingdom Is Not of This World" 41

4 Desires and Deceptions

Desires 43

The Headwaiter at Cana 44

Account Balancing 45

Jacob vs. David 46

Prodigal Friend 47

Willfulness 48

Agape Champion 49

The Incarnate One Himself 50

Making Predators 51

Sun 52

5 Church

Church 54

After the Sermon 55

Churchgoing 56

The Affectionate Village 57

Reset Gem 58

Temple 59

Sunday Morning 60

Church Pews 61

Gifts of the Spirit 62

Real Presence in the Eucharist 64

Down, the Line 66

A Crush on Life 67

The Wedding Feast at Cana 68

Hearing God 69

6 Messages through Our World

A Little Bestiary 71

Herodotus Tells It 72

Christmas Tree 73

Close Shave: A Western 74

The Nursery Arranged 75

Elephant at Our Elbow 76

Good Dream 77

Essay on Disorder 78

Liking Is Design 79

Love vs. Salvation 80

Miracles 81

Tap Roots 82

7 Translations

Sonnet XXII by Michelangelo 84

Three Epic Similes from Dante 85

Ballade of the Hanged Men by Villon 86

An Ancient Collect 88