MINOR LITANY

MINOR LITANY[1]

Ladder by which we climb

to the sublime

Star by whose bright light

we brave the night

Mirror in which we see

Eternity

Key that will unlock

the house on the rock

Tower by which we stand

strong in the strange land

Rose in whose rustling stirred

the eternal Word

Lady of quietness

Queen of mysteries

Remember us

Sister Maris Stella CSJ

Frost for Saint Brigid and other poems.  1949

New York: Sheed & Ward

Used with permission.

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[1] Litany: A series of invocations, the response to each of which is a petition, such as: Pray for us.