BLESSED AT THE MOUNT
OF BEATITUDES
Israel
Pilgrimage—1986
At
the Mount of Beatitudes
Wayne[1] suggests we each find
a
quiet spot to spend
time
alone with God
so
I stroll along a pathway
surrounding
the church
built
in the name of
the
Lord’s great message
to
the multitudes
In
a few moments, I hear baa baaing
and
follow the sound to the top of a hill
with
sheep and a shepherd in view below
I sit on a low wall
to
watch and carefully listen
for
the voice of my Shepherd
amid
plaintive bleating
I,
too, am one of His sheep
I,
too, have things to tell him
and
don’t want to miss
anything
He might have to say
This
is communion—
a
lamb with her Shepherd
I bask awhile in sweet serenity
aware of a holy presence
as the sheep graze
and the shepherd, like Jesus
carefully tends his flock
Afterward, we pilgrims come together—
No one else heard the sheep
No one else saw the shepherd
The interlude was for me alone
a gift from my God—
a simple blessing
to one little lamb He loves
Maude Carolan Pych
[1]
Wayne Monbleau—Pilgrimage leader and host of “Let’s Talk About Jesus” radio
program.
"Behold the Lamb...poetically!"
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