J.M.J.
J.M.J.
I AM THE BREAD, I AM THE WINE
AS THE HEM OF MY GARMENT YOU TOUCHED WITH YOUR HAND,
MY HEART TOUCHED YOUR HEART AS THE FATHER HAD PLANNED.
I ASK YOU, DEAR CHILDREN, THAT YOU NOW DO THE SAME;
SHARE YOUR HEART NOW WITH THOSE WHO KNOW NOT YET MY NAME.
IN ORDER MY IMAGE THAT IN YOU THEY MAY SEE,
YOU MUST WALK IN MY FOOTSTEPS TOWARD CALVARY.
FOR THOSE WHO RESPONDED WITH “LET THY WILL BE DONE,”
THE JOURNEY FOR THEM HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
I KNOW THAT THE ROAD IS NARROW AND STEEP,
BUT DO NOT, MY CHILDREN, IGNORE THE LOST SHEEP.
HEARTS CAN BE HEALED AND SOULS CAN BE SAVED
AS LONG AS YOU STAY ON THE ROAD MY BLOOD PAVED.
YOU ASK HOW THE ONES, YOU CAN HELP, WHO HAVE STRAYED;
THEY WILL FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS IF FOR THEM YOU HAVE PRAYED.
THEY WILL TOO SEE THE LIGHT AS THEY REACH FOR YOUR HAND
AS YOU GO FORTH, MY DEAR CHILDREN, TO THE NEW PROMISED LAND.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
3-30-2007
(THE POEM REFERS TO A HEALING SERVICE HELD DURING A LENTEN MISSION. A PROCESSION WITH THE EUCHARIST TOOK PLACE WHERE THE CONGREGATION WAS INVITED TO TOUCH THE “HEM OF THE GARMENT.” THE GARMENT WAS THE COPE WHICH WAS PLACED AROUND JOHN PAUL II’S MONSTRANCE. PLEASE SEE MARK 5: 25-34)