I believe in God - sometimes, though,
I'm not quite sure He's listening when
I speak to Him...but then again, I'm
sure He has the same to say about me.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God the Father's
Son; I was once married to Him as a
Carmelite nun, but He was very demanding,
as St. Teresa once said, so I left the convent.
I still love Jesus - I think, I feel He IS my soul-
mate, if you believe in those sort of things.
I know I'm not meant to be married to any
man down here - I can't stand them very long.
I'm not meant to be a mother, although I'm
told I'm great with kids; for like Mary, Jesus'
mother, I've adopted as my children those
who are in distress, that need Love and Light.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, that part of God
that dwells within all souls that belong to Him.
As a Catholic, I believe in seven sacraments:
baptism, Holy Communion, Confirmation -
Marriage, Holy Orders (for priests), Last Rites,
and Reconciliation...my guardian angel had to
help me remember that last one - it's been a
while since I went to confession...
Yes, I believe in God as Creator and Father,
Son, Saviour and Redeemer, and Holy Spirit,
three in one; I believe in the Holy Catholic Church,
though composed of fallible, sinful mortals,
I believe that the head of the body, Christ Jesus,
is powerful enough to overcome all evil and
cleanse us of our sins by His dying and His rising.
I venerate His mother brave, the Virgin Mary -
Who risked her life to bring Him into this world
to save us all...and yes, I believe she was a virgin
as the Gospel tells "Nothing is impossible with God."
I believe in the Communion of saints, our brothers,
And our sisters in the faith that have gone before
us into heaven, and can pray for us there as we
pray for each other here on earth, like Blessed
Kateri Tekakwitha, one of my patron saints.
I believe in the resurrection of the body -
that's why I want to be cremated when I die,
to bear witness to God's limitless power to
create life from nothing...
If He created cells and developed them into
human beings, he can surely do the same with ashes.
Finally, and obviously as I mentioned before, I believe
in life with God after death, as part of His Holy family.
Author notes
Amen.
In a list
A contest entry
- Something About God by reckless abandon.
700 points, ended January 1, 23 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Differences of opinion hold no quarrels with me; God calls each individual differently.
Comments
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I don't usually go for poems that don't rhyme but this one was really good. It has a nice flow to it. Thanks for sharing!
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What a sweet testament to your beliefs. You have such a strong faith...it is awesome to behold.
My beautiful biological daughter, Megan, became a Southern Baptist shortly before marrying her Southern Baptist husband, Jamey. I had a hard time with it, did not understand...of all things...how she could give up the things she grew up with. Mary, the Blessed Sacrament, etc.
I even went through my own crisis of faith partly because of this. No, I didn't think about joining another faith. I simply quit going to church. And I wasn't sure what I believed any longer. I still struggle with this from time to time. I am back at church, but I miss most Holy Days (oops! need to go tomorrow!) and I haven't gone to confession is over a year. Cripes!
I think this relationship may be good for me.
Smiles.
Write on, poet.
Blessings,
Myth
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I went through hell when I left the convent - you can read the goings on and why in the Convent Poem List - several of my relatives and friends in the south marry Baptists, it's a locational hazard. But they worked it out so that the kids go to Catholic school and are staying in the Catholic Church. Makes the in-laws upset, though, but their pains in the rear anyway (the Baptist side). Yes, I too went through the dark night of the soul, as St. John of the Cross says. I have to go - we can talk more on the subject later.
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