Who has died and gone to the side of Christ,

That does not make intercession,

For all the people

He has failed in life?

Who can stand in Purgatory’s flame,

And cease to cry out

For loved ones

Left in Time?

God hears the cry of the poor,

And who is poorer

Than the abandoned,

And detained at the threshold of Heaven,

Awaiting the forgiveness of those,

Who are careless of their fate?

No one goes to Heaven alone.

The cleansed and the holy,

Grab the tassles

Of your prayer shawl.

Lower your eyes.

Beat your breast.

Forget yourself.

Remember the family of God.

Together let us

Praise the Living God,

Who waits in Mercy for mercy,

For He calls all

To be His own.

©2012 Joann Nelander