J.M.J.

ETERNAL REST

THE MASS YOU ATTENDED FOR THE ONE WHO JUST DIED

WAS AMONG THOSE GOD HAD CHOSEN ON WHOM TO CONFIDE.

HIS LIFESTYLE AMONG MEN WAS BY NO MEANS RENOWN,

YET AMONG THOSE GOD HAS CHOSEN HE NOW WEARS A CROWN.

THE ARDUOUS JOURNEY WHICH HE TRAVELED EACH DAY

LED HIM TO GOD’S KINGDOM WHERE FOREVER HE’LL STAY.

MANY CROSSES HE CARRIED, AND HE CARRIED THEM WELL;

NOW HE’LL CARRY NO MORE WHERE FOREVER HE’LL DWELL.

WITH THE CROSSES HE CARRIED A GREAT MANSION HE BUILT

WHICH WILL BE WITH HIS LOVED ONES, WHEN GOD CALLS, TO BE FILLED.

FOR EACH CROSS THAT HE CARRIED BY GOD HE WAS BLEST;

NOW HE SHARES WITH THE FATHER ETERNAL REST.

“THY WILL BE DONE”

8-25-2001

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(THE POEM REFERS TO THE MEMORIAL MASS FOR W. P.)