A Song for Caitlin

God’s earth is full of beauty, that I know; It scintillates and dances in my eyes, His laughter rolls and rings and multiplies, And makes the turning vistas chime and glow— But little peace it grants me, even so: I cannot cling to bright salvation’s prize; The Heaven-light that lights my way soon dies, For want of faith (perhaps) through which to flow. And yet my world holds hope and purity; Our Lady’s Son redeemed the depths of Hell— And traces of her grace I still can see, Like sun-sparked droplets from a silver well: This medal round my neck which is, to me, Three strands of hair from my Galadriel.

Jamey Toner

Jamey Toner is the author of The Kai, the true account of a young man finding faith through the martial arts, and the co-author of Brides of Christ, a children's book from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles. Toner lives and works in Massachusetts with his beautiful wife, three lovely children, and a fluctuating number of chickens.

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