EUPHROSYNE, So Elusive, So Wonderful

Beloved EUPHROSYNE how elusive you are

We struggle through life complicated

We harrow at self-created wonders

Short-lived as they may be

Your birth is merely a reminder

that we have not followed

the teachings you so freely shared

your birth reminds us that mothers

still have no place at the inn

only this time they give birth

in the rubble and devastation

of wartime and their babies

cannot survive the filth we create

Yes, Lord, LAETITIA may be and is

So often elusive, concealing herself

In our man-made rubble of wartime

Yet, she is there overcoming

The grief and lament we see and feel

Our images of God are always inadequate

Yet, our Love of AINE, makes life worth living,

For our elusive gift will not be found

Under a tree this week

But it will be found around your table

With God’s Love shared

May the gift of joy you feel this season

Be with you as God’s gift of JOY

All throughout the coming year.

Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.