J.M.J.
THANK GOD FOR THIS DAY
TO END THIS YEAR’S SEASON A NEW SHEPHERD I SENT
TO PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND ERASE ALL LAMENT.
REFLECT ON THE WORDS THAT TO YOU HE DID PREACH
THAT THE LAST WILL BE FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM TO REACH.
AS YOU CARRY YOUR CROSSES YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU’RE LAST,
BUT I TELL YOU THAT YOUR CROWN IN GOD’S KINGDOM IS CAST.
SO LAY DOWN NOT YOUR CROSSES FOR THEY’LL HELP REACH YOUR GOAL
WHERE GOD’S OUTSTRETCHED ARMS NOW AWAIT FOR YOUR SOUL.
YOU ADVANCED ON YOUR JOURNEY WHILE SO MANY REGRESSED
BECAUSE YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO WHAT I DID REQUEST.
THE COHORTS OF EVIL FROM YOUR BOUNDARIES WILL FLEE
IF YOU CONTINUE, DEAR CHILDREN, TO PRAY THE ROSARY.
WHEN YOU GATHER, DEAR CHILDREN, I WILL ALSO THERE BE
AS YOUR LOVING MOTHER AND YOUR INTERCESSORY.
SO CONTINUE TO GATHER AS YOU HAVE IN THE PAST
AND SHARE WITH EACH OTHER ALL GOD’S GIFTS YOU AMASSED.
NEXT YEAR, MY DEAR CHILDREN, IF GOD WILLS IT TO BE,
YOU WILL JOIN YET AGAIN HERE TO PRAY THE ROSARY.
DWELL NOT ON TOMORROW BUT ON GOD’S GIFTS TODAY;
GIVE GOD PRAISE AND GLORY AND FROM HIS PATH YOU’LL NOT STRAY.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
11-1-2004
(THE POEM REFERS TO THE CLOSING OF THE GATHERING PLACE FOR THE WINTER MONTHS.
WE MEET IN SEVERAL SMALLER GROUPS AT VARIOUS HOMES UNTIL SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.)