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Blanca Datuin

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Rediscovering one of my favorite poems when I was in college. It still is a favorite. How we try to elude Him, the Tremendous Lover.
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An Excerpt from the “The Hound of Heaven”
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days:...
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine way
Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
Up vistaed hopes I sped;
And shot, precipitated,
Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed fears,
From those strong Feet that followed, followed after.
But with unhurrying chase,
And unperturbed pace,
Deliberate speed, majestic instance,
They beat — and a Voice beat
More instant than the Feet–
“All things betray thee, who betrayest Me.”
–Francis Thompson
 
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  Albert B. Casuga "Then halts by me that Footfall/ Is my gloom, after all. /Shade of His Hand outstretched caressingly?" --- Hopkins. heart emoticon Yes, Blanca, this was the essential Thomasian's poetic shield. smile emoticon Glad you kept your favorite excerpt. How have you been doing?

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  Still busy. Got used again to driving after that car accident 2 yrs. ago. Driving even at night. Can you imagine how much of a burden I would be to my sons if I have to depend on them to drive me around? (They are at work the whole day anyway.) Am always on the go--Legion and church meetings, Masses, volunteer teaching, apostolate work, weekly (and sometimes on emergency calls) administering of Holy Communion to the sick and the infirm at convalescent facilities, doing groceries, cooking, a hundred (it seems) errands, etc. (Poetry relegated to the back burner) The Lord sure knows how to keep me busy. .

  
  

  
  

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