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Openings … Violette Szabo

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The following poem is a code-breaking poem from the life of Violette Szabo. She used it transmit messages when undercover in France during WW2. She was an agent for Allied forces in WW2 who after being caught, tortured and sexually assaulted, was executed at Ravensbruk Concentration Camp.

The life that I have

Is all that I have

And the life that I have

Is yours.

 

The love that I have

Of the life that I have

Is yours and yours and yours.

 

A sleep I shall have

A rest I shall have

Yet death will be but a pause.

 

For the peace of my years

In the long green grass

Will be yours and yours and yours.

 

Written by Leo Marks

 

 

“The Father will honor whoever serves me”

Gospel of John

REFLECTION POEM ON THE GOSPEL OF THE ANNUNCIATION 8 APRIL 2013

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Painting by Henry Tanner

Oh, what joy this task for me, the handmaiden of the Lord.

Expressionless, I sit as divine words drizzle upon me,

Grace from heaven, wetting my soul.

I carry within, the world’s most needed cargo,

“May it be done”, and use me as a vessel of His love.

I was a scared, young woman, but with Him, I have nothing to fear.

JESUS APPEARS TO THE DISCIPLES REFLECTION ON THE DAILY GOSPEL 1 APRIL 2013

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The appearance of Jesus after His resurrection marks the transformation of the faith of the disciples. Here the turning point for the foundation of Christianity was made, the belief of new life, life after death, providing meaning and direction to our lives here on earth. Imagine what it might have been like to be and observer of this event. Meditate on this for a moment or two day.