CAUSE OF OUR JOY

                                                                CAUSE OF OUR JOY

Because of the darkness

she gives me a star

to blaze the trail,

for the way is far.

Because of the glaciers

 and drifted snow,

she gives me the warmth

of a fire’s glow.

Because of the crags

on the mountain height,

she gives me a rope

to hold me tight.

Because of the depths,

and the storms above,

she gives me herself

with all her love.

Sister M Philip CSC

In: Laube

1961