The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercy never comes to an end./El amor inagotable del Señor nunca cesa, la misericordia de Dios nunca termina.—Lamentations 3:22
As we continue with the next stanza of Gertrud von Le Fort’s poem Passion we see that “Lent is about the holiness that suffering can bring,” as Joan Chittister, O.S.B., said. “It’s about bringing good where evil has been, and about bringing love where hate has been. It is about the transformation of the base to the beautiful.”
And your voice speaks:
I know of your shuddering at joy, I know how you go
pale before the hours that are clad in purple.
I know your terror before the beakers of fullness,
I know too how you tremble before the soul of the best
beloved!
For your depths are wounded by gladness: it reaches down
into you with cold hands,
It quenches all your desires like a great hesitation.
It sinks on your senses like stones of guilt. It falls on your
soul like the reek of wilted herbs.
It wraps you in pain from head to foot, then you are
from joy by joy-
Then all your grief becomes eternal.
Showcasing SHA talent: From head to foot, Cassidy in 5th grade’s cat is not sheltered from joy.
God bless,
Mrs. Alhadef
Campus Minister
4th Grade Aide