TRIBUTE TO MOTHER TERESA: BLESSED INVITATION

Tribute to Mother Teresa

BLESSED INVITATION

Relaxed and peaceful, without strain,                                                                                                       Calm and gentle stillness,                                                                                                                 Placid as the glass on the lake,                                                                                                                Deep as the water in the ocean;                                                                                                            The pure air caressing the earth                                                                                                                In serene expectation.

Let the Divine Word descend, 

Peaceful, into this water, the air; 

Fill the sky: 

For that is what my heart is –  

real, deep and peaceful.

Let the Real enter the real,

The Deep enter the deep, 

And peace absorbed in Peace.

In this comingling I am enabled 

to say a blessing, a fond benediction: 

Blessed are you, my dearest Lord, 

enter and take possession of your 

ocean, your air and sky.

Be yourself in them.

Be at ease and have no doubt 

about your welcome.

No questions, no complaints,

no petitions today and forever.

Here now are no reservations,

no restrictions or constraints. 

No hint of overstaying your welcome.

Recline or walk where you will.

This estate is all yours. 

So feel free:

Just be yourself.

Lord, be, 

in me. 

Mervyn (“Michael”) Carapiet,

Your co-worker in 1952 – 1953.