TradCatKnight Poem: “Today was a good day”...
By: Eric Gajewski
From the work, "Fortress of the Soul"
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O’ modern man ye have fallen victim to “self’ and become her
prey
You hoard and greed and have succumb to the disease of “me”
You gripe and worry over the “least things” in vanity which
mean nothing, in hells’ fury
As you continue to grumble and complain
Ye, who turn your heads now toward the true God
And “lean in” with “itching ears” that appear to hear
But it is this self which seeks in the end to be “satisfied”
all the same
Your hearts hidden away from men which shut down and turn
away
You, who please the “me” and who do not get your own way!
Do not take these words lightly but place them upon your
heart to weigh
Do you not realize you ferociously head down hells highway?
A One way street and so for this, nay, I pray…
Quit your self-centeredness and harken to heareth an eagle
and what he has to say!
Man, who exalts only “self”, who is still but only a construct
of “passing clay”
Sit down long enough if u can…. to meditate
Did thee arise in good health with another early morn’ to
claim?
Did thee see those loved ones who keep ye at times from
running astray?
Yea, I speak to you…
Who would complain in the winter of soul for the arrival of the
spring of day
Did ye have a pillow to rest on and upon which to lay?
Did ye have a roof over your head and a warm place to stay?
You, who turn your back on Gods Catholic truth and those who
at Vatican II didst betray!
In God’s mercy, He still provides for the birds
And yet even more so unto us thru food…. does He still not
sustain?
You say, “Tomorrow I shall be content, yes maybe someday…”
But did you greet the sun this afternoon underneath his
rays?
Or do you always overlook His loving work due to self and
run toward “the gray’
That impedes true joy and blocks out the Son from above and
will always be your delay
Were you able today to hear the voices of the children in
the street play?
Did you greet Gods “littlest creatures” with appreciation?
Or did you walk on by all this love that He conveys?
And when the economies of the world collapse and nations
turn unto war
Will ye ever stop for one minute just to pray?
And sail upon the seas of silence for the Isle of Solitude
Yea, this Patmos within every eagle on the surface can
portray
O’ blind fools do you not see it is “the self” which is the
souls decay!
Will ye continue to live by the law of man, this law of self?
Or will ye run into the Arms of the One
Who is Our Source, the Sacred Son and follow the Law of His
Heart
And Selfless Love’s Way?
Yea, once again, I exclaim, in Love’s humility
When we are found with “nothing” we can learn to be “free”
Stripped and detached, void of self, under the branches of Mary,
Paradises Tree
And now be “all things in Christ” and so…
I offer Thee my own “little sufferings” as a spiritual
bouquet
And in my wretched nakedness I cry as eagle above from on
high
For even “without”… I am truly found “with”… therefore in
each and every little blessing going forward I shall say…“today was a very good
day!”
Christ upon the Cross, our Great Eagle, showed us how to be
free. He showed us that this world is so ruined by self but it is thru His
Sacred Heart that we find the true path to freedom and liberty. And it is in
our own daily crosses by which we spread our own wings and learn to live in the
Way of Selfless Love. Those who will doubt, worry and fear will remain on the
edge of the cliff unable to spread their wings, therefore, they will not fly
and yet this was what we were made for. Therefore, brethren, doubt not Gods
Plan in the soon chastisements to come for His Wings spread and reach far
across this world and stretch into the World to come. Take time to appreciate
God and all He has done, rather than focus on those things He did not allow, for
they obviously were not beneficial to your own salvation. Have faith, conquer with
conviction, press on and doubt not. I am an eagle what about you?
The less we have on earth the more so in heaven. Thank you Eric that was beautiful.
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