March 10, 2006

My Journey to God

Do You Love Me?

Will you accept my cup?
Will you take up my cross?
Do you love me?

Will you suffer illness?
Will you choose my ways?
Do you love me?

Will you endure failure?
Will you tolerate humiliation?
Do you love me?

Will you consent to interior pain?
Will you submit to exterior trails?
Do you love me?

Do you have the courage to
Surrender to the arms of love?
Do you love me?

By Trudy Bledsoe

(Trudy Bledsoe is a member of St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis and the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites at the Monastery of the Resurrection in Indianapolis. Her poem is based on John 21:17, which recounts the story of Jesus asking Simon Peter if he loved him for the third time. Peter replied, “ ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’ [Jesus] said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.’ ”)

 

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