What stirs beyond the vow
Each man must learn this now:
She’s Eve.
Gifts we receive.
Be married or a priest-
Invited to a feast.
One spouse
To build our house.
Though others will tempt us-
Our roof is beam and truss.
Take guard
Baal cues his card-
Let’s focus on the good-
And slay him where he stood.
Passions overpriced,
Our highest aim is Christ.
- Gary Edward Geraci
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Gary Edward Geraci (
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- Comment from author about the poem: The word “superillumination” is a term coined by Father Joseph Kentenich in his book “The Gift of Purity” to provide a technique for remaining chaste and committed to one’s vows (marital, priestly, the single life...). Father Kentenich (1885-1968) is the founder of the Schoenstatt Movement, a Catholic movement of renewal. About superillumination, Father Kentenich writes “Before the sun comes up in the morning I see many, many stars. But when the sun rises, they all disappear and no longer make an impression on me. I can do something similar with my attachment to created things. When my disordered inclinations make themselves felt, I use all the ardor of my soul to focus my love on the higher good – God.“ My poem’s line length, number of lines, rhyme convention and overall form were conceived by the famous Catholic poet Siegfried Sassoon in his poem “Arbor Vitae.”
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Comments1
A fine write Gary.
Mighty kind of you Orchidee, thanks for stopping by.
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