J.M.J.
J.M.J.
FIRST GATHERING
THE JOURNEY WHICH TODAY YOU MADE
LED YOU TO WHERE WITH YOU I PRAYED.
AS YOU WALKED PAST EACH FALLEN TREE,
MANY SAINTS KEPT YOU COMPANY.
AND WHEN YOU ENTERED THRU THE DOOR,
I STOOD UPON THE RAISED WOOD FLOOR.
AS MOTHER OF PERPETUAL LIGHT,
I WELCOMED YOU ON THIS BRISK NIGHT.
JUST AS THE EMBERS FROM THE FLAME,
YOUR PRESENCE WARMED MY HEART THE SAME
FOR, MY DEAR CHILDREN, YOU WERE THERE
RESPONDING ONCE AGAIN THRU PRAYER.
THIS HAS BEEN ALWAYS MY REQUEST,
AND OF THIS I WILL NEVER REST.
I WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLORE
THAT THOSE WHO PRAY, PRAY EVEN MORE.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
4-18-1999
(SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE ROSARY AT THE GROTTO, WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS TOO COLD TO REMAIN OUTSIDE. WE CONTINUED TO PROCEED TO THE GATHERING PLACE WHERE THE WOOD-BURNING STOVE HAD BEEN STARTED EARLIER IN THE DAY.)