J.M.J.
HOW MANY EXCUSES?
HOW MANY EXCUSES HAVE YOU MADE TODAY
FOR NOT GOING TO MASS OR BEING ABLE TO PRAY?
HOW MANY MORE WILL YOU AGAIN FIND TOMORROW?
WILL YOUR BURDENS EQUAL MY SON’S PAIN AND SORROW?
THERE IS NO EXCUSE THAT BY GOD IS PREFERRED;
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE GIVEN THAT GOD HAS NOT HEARD.
HE EXPECTS ALL YOUR LOVE WITHOUT PRESET CONDITIONS
AND ALL YOU POSSESS WITHOUT ANY OMISSIONS.
WHEN GOD SENT HIS SON TO BE CRUCIFIED,
THERE WERE NO EXCUSES FROM HIM WHEN HE DIED.
IS WHAT MY SON ASKING CONSIDERED EXTREME
WHEN HE GAVE OF HIS LIFE SO THAT YOURS HE COULD REDEEM?
“THY WILL BE DONE”
9-13-1996