Wednesday, May 02, 2018
Those Sanctified Ones poem by Dorothy
Those Sanctified Ones
What did the do,
those sanctified ones
of earlier days,
with their billowing clothes
and their curious hats,
married to God?
How did they react when they
felt that Other stirring in
their loins, arousing
their flesh
in unexpected places?
Did they call it the demon
and do penance,
bread and water,
prayers repeated endlessly?
Or did they welcome
the unknown suitor,
allow rapture to enter
and fill them with joy,
Teresa in her ecstasy,
the angel thrusting its lance
into her heart?
Note: St. Teresa of Avila is depicted experiencing intense rapture in Bernini's famous statue in Rome.
(Image from internet)
Dorothy Walters
May 1, 2018
