Ah, morning breezes
leaves sway to your melody
sunrays dance along
By Martha L Shaw – ©2015
A FEAST FOR THE SOUL
CAN BE DEFINED IN SO MANY WAYS
I quietly entered the room,
Knowing you’d be there.
You invited me to sit . . .
To be comfortable,
And I sat down on the wooden bench
In the back,
Near the door . . .
“No,” you said.
“Come sit here”
And you invited me to the table
In the most beautiful, sacred space
Reserved for those you want
To be close to . . .
“Wow,” I thought
And hesitated,
But you asked again
And were so welcoming.
It was lit by candle light,
And refreshment was served
From the finest vessels . . .
And set with the best linen.
I sat at the table,
Feeling at once in awe
And special.
You smiled lovingly and said
“you are special, my dear one.”
I gave you my heart.
You filled mine
With your eternal love.
By Martha L Shaw – copyright 11-5-2012
Today is the feast day of St Walpurga, and English missionary. It is said that she traveled with her brothers and uncle and evangelized among the Germans. She was a nun at the monastery of Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm which had been founded by her own brother and upon his death she succeeded him as the abbess.
Today, January 23rd is the feast day of Marianne of Molokai. Mother Marianne devoted her live to serving the lepers in Hawaii. When we think of lepers most of us think of times when Jesus walked the earth in human form, but it still exists even today. Mother Marianne was born in 1838 and in Germany but she and her family came to the US when she was just two years old.
Mother Marianne’s fine example of Christian love by reaching out to those whom society shuns reminds us of Jesus’ command to love one another as “I have loved you.”