Thomas

Thomas

Thomas

you spent your blood believing

that the lords of life

were not equal

to the Lord of Life.

your head hung

 from a pole that we

might recognize who 

the cowards are.

we wag our tongues

relieved of words

in our dead ears.

our hands are smothered

in blood for the cause.

cowards, they say,

die in the grip of justice.

heroes stand

on the carcasses of the saints.

you are the wise one

we wish we'd walked with.

help us now.

we admire you

while throwing your bones

to the dogs.

God will find them

in ecclesial time.

*The true universality of the Church consists in its ability to root  itself in particular situations and to rise above them, arousing the effective love which shows itself without distinction among a certain number of men and women whose inner voice is in harmony with the Word and who appear as witnesses.

-Jean Sulivan

*The true, universal Church is not the one that affirms its will to be so, but the one that, without being too interested in itself, communicates the faith in love to everyone.....The Church exists everywhere there are communities that give testimony of universal love.

-Jean Sulivan