J.M.J.
AMONG THE SELECT
I BROUGHT HERE A SHEPHERD WHO BROUGHT HERE MY SON
TO THOSE WHO WERE FAITHFUL AND GOD’S WILL HAVE DONE;
TO THE ONES WHOSE HEARTS STILL IN UNISON BEAT;
TO THE ONES WHO BELIEVE THAT MY SON’S FLESH THEY EAT;
TO THE ONES WHO CONTINUE IN THESE DAYS STILL TO PRAY;
TO THE ONES WHO FROM GOD’S PATH IN SPITE HARDSHIPS NOT STRAY;
TO THE ONES WHO THEIR CROSSES CONTINUE TO CARRY
IN SPITE ALL THE ATTACKS FROM MY ADVERSARY;
TO THE ONES WHO IN THESE TIMES STILL EACH OTHER ASSIST;
TO THE ONES WHO MAY STRUGGLE YET ON THEIR JOURNEY PERSIST;
TO THE ONES WHO EACH OTHER LOVE AS DID MY SON;
TO THE ONES WHO AS MY SON SAID, “LET THY WILL BE DONE.”;
TO THE ONES OF THE REMNANT WHO GOD CHOSE TO SELECT;
TO THE ONES WHO I WILL WITH MY MANTLE PROTECT;
TO THE ONES WHICH THE GARDEN GOD FOR THEM DOES PREPARE;
TO THE ONES WHO THE FATHER ALL HIS GIFTS WILL THEN SHARE.
‘THY WILL BE DONE”
6-11-2004
(THE POEM REFERS TO THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS AT THE GATHERING PLACE.)