Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship.
Then he said, “If I find favor with you, O Lord,
do come along in our company.”
(First Reading)
And all that is
living and true
and of growth
is slow and steady
there are rupturings
and tearings
(seeming violences)
all known and
expected
in the seed
it was a slow steady
growth that could
not be rushed
certain things had to
come first
in the growing
the involving and
evolving
J. Janda
J. Janda’s poems have appeared in newspapers,
magazines, anthologies, and literary publications, as well as in
books of his own poetry.
Copyright © 2000, J. Janda
The present poem
comes from the Janda's book, In Embrace.
Art by Martin Erspamer, OSB
from
Religious Clip Art for the Liturgical Year (A, B, and
C). This art may be reproduced only by parishes who purchase the
collection in book or CD-ROM form. For more information go
http://www.ltp.org
