Hello to Here: an Orientation to Life

In his book In the Shelter, one of my all-time favorite gays, the Irish poet and theologian, Padraig Ó Tuama, writes this about his morning routine:

I have a habit that I sometimes practice and sometimes neglect, of twenty minutes of prayer in the morning time. It is often no more than staring at the little candle I’ve placed before an icon while I try …