J.M.J.

A STEP BACK IN TIME

I BROUGHT YOU, DEAR CHILDREN, A STEP BACK IN TIME

SO THAT YOU MAY CONTINUE GOD’S STAIRWAY TO CLIMB.

YOU NEEDED, DEAR CHILDREN, YOUR PAST TO RECALL

HOW YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WERE STILL SMALL.

CONSIDER YOUR LIFESTYLE WHICH WAS THEN AND IS NOW

AND WHAT IN YOUR LIVES SINCE THEN YOU DID ALLOW.

TO A MORE SIMPLE LIFE YOU ARE CALLED TO RETURN

SO MORE TIME YOU WOULD HAVE FOR MY SON TO YEARN.

YOU WERE BROUGHT HERE, DEAR CHILDREN, ON YOUR LIFE TO REFLECT

AND ADJUST WHAT YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE TO CORRECT.

AS YOU LOOK, MY DEAR CHILDREN, AT THE CALM IN THESE FIELDS,

YOU CAN HEAR YOUR HEART BEATING AND KNOW WHAT IT YIELDS.

YOU GAZED, MY DEAR CHILDREN, AT GOD’S WORK OF ART

ALLOWING YOURSELVES IN HIS PLAN TO TAKE PART.

YOU SAW, MY DEAR CHILDREN, HOW TIME DOES STAND STILL

WHEN YOU’RE SPENDING MORE TIME IN DOING GOD’S WILL.

THE HEART OF MY SON MUCH MORE CLEARLY YOU’LL SEE

IF YOU WOULD RETURN TO SIMPLICITY.

DO NOT, MY DEAR CHILDREN, WITH SUCH HASTE PROCEED

THAT YOU WILL PASS-BY WHAT IN YOUR LIVES YOU MOST NEED.

“THY WILL BE DONE”

4-17-2000

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(THE POEM REFERS TO A PILGRIMAGE TO SMALL TOWN IN IL.)