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The Reflections of a Wandering Friar

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Sorry for the lack of posting. I was ill last week and have been catching up this week. I should have a substantive post later today or tomorrow. Until then here is a short poem I wrote earlier this week.

Mountains in the distance,
Palm trees in the street,
Beauty all around me,
Suffering in the midst;
It seems a world gone strange,
But perhaps it’s always been.

The poor you will always have with you,
He said,
The God made flesh:
A sad lament
Or
A challenge to us all?

I cannot believe the former,
So the latter it must be.
A reminder of our call to live the Kingdom
In humble simplicity.

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  • http://afranciscanabroad.com sdewittofm

    Hey Jud, sorry for the delay in responding, the internet here has been terrible for about a week. I am feeling better, all I needed was a couple days of rest and some Tylenol. I don’t know exactly what it was, all I had was a high fever and an intermittent headache. My best guess is that is was something viral that needed a few days to work itself out of my system. I guess that falls into the “it was bound to happen sooner or later” category. In any event I seem to have recovered and am none the worse for wear.

  • Padre Jud

    Hope you’re feeling better. Was it the standard “been here a few weeks and was going to catch it sooner or later” bug?

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