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Poetry

Two Loves

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 Contents - May 2002AD2000 May 2002 - Buy a copy now
Editorial: A moral challenge for society - Peter Westmore
Liturgy: New edition of the Roman Missal released: vernacular translations to come - Michael Gilchrist
News: The Church Around the World
Catholicism in Australia: facing the challenges of Western secularism - Archbishop George Pell
General absolutions continue in the Toowoomba Diocese - Michael Gilchrist
US Jesuits' action against Father Fessio sparks worldwide protests - AD2000 Report
US research puts clerical sex-abuse in perspective - Philip Jenkins
Gregorian Chant's new lease of life in Brisbane - AD2000 Report
'The Resurrection in the university' - IMCSA National Conference in Sydney - Nicholas Rynne
Letters: Hymns (letter) - David Schutz
Letters: Farewell Mass for Fr Des Byrne (letter) - Barry O'Brien
Letters: Priestly formation (letter) - Cyril Drew
Letters: Liturgical abuses (letter) - Name and Address Supplied
Letters: Decline of the faith (letter) - Brian Carter
Letters: Christian principles (letter) - Errol P. Duke
Letters: Transubstantiation (letter) - Fr G.H. Duggan SM
Letters: Correct Greek (letter) - Fr J.B. Cotter
Letters: Need for prayer (letter) - Kevin Pitt
Letters: Harry Potter? (letter) - John F. Doherty
Poetry: Two Loves - John Meston
Books: Demons and Democrats: 1950s Labor at the Crossroads, by Gavan Duffy - Anthony Cappello (reviewer)
Books: The Forty Four: The Martyrs of the English College Rome - Christopher Quinn (reviewer)
Books: Beyond Gay, by David Morrison - John S. Webster
Books: Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis, by Philip Jenkins - David Ross (reviewer)
Books: Prove It! Church, by Amy Welborn - Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer)
Books: Father Ian Falconer's Latin Course - Ken Bayliss (reviewer)
Books: New Titles from AD Books
Reflection: The Ascension: climax of Our Lord's life on earth - Fr Ian Falconer SJ

Magdala and Lisieux! A world apart!
The sin-strewn path of one, so well we know,
The other, cloistered, pierced by seraph's dart,
A light upon the mount, a beacon's glow.


Mary! To love Him deepest as did she!
Her tears, her hair, the nard, He was her All!
True penitent was she, as we must be
To hear Our Saviour's Judgement Day sweet call.


Thérèse ("I shall be love!") feared not each fall,
With childlike trust, she sought her Father's arms;
The lowest place she chose, most safe of all,
Humility grows there, midst martyrs' palms.


Magdalen and Thérèse! Two LOVES apart,
God grant both Loves love Thee, in this poor heart.

Dedicated to my dear wife, Jeanette (and inspired by the tour of the Relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux).

JOHN MESTON ©
Goulburn, NSW

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Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 15 No 4 (May 2002), p. 15

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