My wife, with care, carefully
cradled your statue - from the
home it had adorned - to ours.
Preeminence - our altar
niche alive; purchase of fresh
flowers; the praying, kissing,
and the loving caressing;
kind community whose hearts
are emboldened, set aflame
for our Lady and her Son
as her image comes to rest
from one faith house to the next.
Gary Edward Geraci
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Gary Edward Geraci (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A treasured tradition among many Filipino Catholic households - a statue of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, travels from one household to the next and stays for about a month before traveling to the next family.
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Good write Gary.
I was reading of B.C. times (before Christ) and their many gods.
In one way, what else could they do? Christ had not come yet, though they could have some notion of a 'one God'.
(a write of actualised, humane ideal's
that anyone should be able to relate with
devoid of differences in theological preferences)..
'such a beautifully worded depiction
of that oh so rare tradition
where communities - proactively, nurture
that sanctity of togetherness and communion
between one stranger and another
with the mindset of a soon-to-be neighbour
anchored, by their laudable translation of unfiltered love
in their chosen belief system;
uniting, rather than allowing - those diverse elements
within any society: to triumph, uncontested!'
A lovely poem on Mary . You described in a very superb way. Kudos!!
Plz do read and comment my newest poem too.
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