J.M.J.
J.M.J.
I AM THE BREAD, I AM THE WINE
I AM THE BREAD, I AM THE WINE;
THE WORDS I SPEAK TO YOU ARE MINE.
THE PAINTING YOU SAW AND THEN LATER BOUGHT,
AN ANGEL FOR YOU TO THE CONFERENCE BROUGHT.
THE SCENE CLEARLY SHOWS WHAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND
AND HOW THOSE I HAVE CHOSEN MY KINGDOM WILL FIND.
ONCE YOU HAVE CROSSED OVER THE ABYSS,
YOU WILL SHARE IN MY LIGHT AND ALL OF ITS BLISS.
I PREPARED FOR YOU, CHILDREN, THE WAY OF THE CROSS
WHICH WILL BRIDGE THE GAP FROM THE LAND WHICH ONCE WAS.
IT WILL GUIDE ALL THE FAITHFUL WHERE THE NEW LAND WILL BE
TO BE SHARED WITH ALL THOSE WHO WERE FAITHFUL TO ME.
THE WAY OF THE CROSS I LEFT FOR ALL MANKIND,
AND YET OH SO MANY THEIR WAY DID NOT FIND.
I GUIDED YOU NOT WHERE YOUR EYES CHOSE TO SEE,
BUT WHERE MY HEART BECKONS FOR YOUR SOUL TO BE.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROSS FOR THE WORLD I DID BEAR,
BUT ONLY A REMNANT ITS PATHWAY WILL SHARE.
SO MANY HAVE CHOSEN A DETOUR TO FOLLOW
WHICH WILL LEAD THEM ONLY TO WHERE FLAMES SOULS NOW SWALLOW.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
11-10-2000
(THE POEM REFERS TO A PAINTING BOUGHT AT A MARIAN PEACE CENTER CONFERENCE. THE PICTURE DEPICTS A BRIDGE MADE BY A CROSS BETWEEN RUINS AND THE NEW PROMISED LAND. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE CROSS/BRIDGE LEAVING THE RUINS AND CROSSING TO THE OTHER SIDE.)