J.M.J.
J.M.J.
MOTHER OF PERPETUAL LIGHT
I AM THE MOTHER OF PERPETUAL LIGHT
FOR ALL THE BEACONS OF THE NIGHT.
YOU ARE THE FIRST I DID SELECT
BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO GENUFLECT.
THE TEARS BEFORE THAT I HAD SHED
HAVE STOPPED, AND I CAN SMILE INSTEAD.
I FEEL YOUR HEARTS BEATING AS ONE
AS YOU PRAISE AND GLORIFY MY SON.
THE LIGHT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME,
I’LL SHARE WITH YOU ETERNALLY.
YOUR FAITH HAS LED YOU TO THIS MOUND,
WHICH WILL BE BLESSED AS HOLY GROUND.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
4-22-1995
(THE POEM REFERS TO THE BUILDING OF THE GROTTO.)