John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Poem: The Watch by John Predmore, S.J.
I sit,
in stillness,
with the tall mountain
peering over my shoulders,
brooding,
waiting,
clamoring,
as the days pass,
watching the strangers scurry by,
who have no grounds to look back.
John, I love this poem. I have been sitting in stillness for several mornings. Happy Easter! Bev
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bev. I wrote it while in New Zealand with Mt. Taranaki behind me and the ocean in the foreground. I remember that day vividly.
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