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| Volume 6 Number 51 - Tuesday, December 21st, 2004 |
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Upon the icon's Countenance There danced refulgent light. Below it knelt a Humble man Who prayed throughout the night.
Before the misty Veil of dawn, In radiance of white, An angel gently Led the man, Whose soul now quaked in fright,
Into a room so Beautiful... In answer to his plight - Release from trials Sorrowful... A load beyond his might!
The angel bade the Man to choose From walls of endless height, One of the crosses Hanging there, To give his soul respite.
A thousand crosses Beckoned him, His lot he could rewrite! He picked the smallest Cross of all, And tried to look polite.
Under the angel's Piercing gaze Things didn't feel quite right. The mortal's mind grew Troubled, and Quintessence waned, contrite.
From all the crosses In the room Chose he, his heart's delight. Behold! This WAS the Crucible, From which he yearned his flight.
Understanding dawned On him and No more was he to fight. The Cross the Lord had Given him, Was love, and not some blight!
Matushka Barbara Bruce
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