Wandering around ~ aisle to aisle
I don’t know what I am here for
Everything I see screams ERIN
Lifesavers, Licorice, Lotion
Halloween decorations and candy
Christmas decorations and candy next aisle over,
Foretell of fast approaching holidays.
There isn’t an aisle with lamentation, longing and loss,
Apparently they are free
~ no shopping bag large enough to hold these things
Grief permeates every cell, fiber, muscle of my being
So too ~ serenity, silence and sacredness
My journey through grief ~
wrapped with a ribbon of grace and love.
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.
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