Lack of Love in Your Orthodox Parishes: A Poem
Heavenly Mother
I see that you are grieving
For the lack of love in parishes
Many are the people there
Conscientious
Faithful
Orthodox
But it makes you sad
Because they do not love
To offer help for the spirit alone
Without fellowship
Without love
Is meagre help indeed
So many need more
Someone to talk to
Someone to listen
They need a friend
When friends are scarce
It can be hard
Io walk with someone
When they’re troubled
It takes more time
Than most want to give
I imagine you, Mary
Not rushing away
When a living prayer
Was standing near
Or when your kind words
Made a hardened heart yield
And your kind ear
Made a lonely spirit peaceful
They aren’t bad people, Mother
They suffer for their views
But are perhaps proud
Please open their eyes
To the meaning of Scripture
They honoured me with lip service
but their hearts were far from me
For when a person is in need
Your Son’s Heart is with them
and there should our hearts also be
Amen.
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