austraLasia #1776
A poem about a passionate lover
(we have your attention - now read on)
JHARKHAND (India): 2nd March 2007 -- In the course of a day, a week, austraLasia receives many interesting news items. Just once in a while someone sends along something a little different, as is the case today. We well know that the Rector Major travels the Salesian world in an endeavour, in the first place, to understand it well in order to guide it well. As he does so, and insistently repeats certain points, they impact on people - especially his insistence on 'passion'. The following comes from the Director of the Don Bosco Youth and Educational Services in Jharkhand, where the Rector Major has recently visited. Thanks to Fr Johny Padinjareparampil, and avid reader and occasional contributor to austraLasia, for this offering - Fr Pascual Chavez as he was impressed by him:
“No impact, if not passionate.”
He said in a firm gentle voice
Impact me, he did, for sure
As a passionate lover of youth and life
His presence was the message
His talks, the clear ringing voice
Of the values he cherishes and lives
He walked his talk
As he moved among us
Winning our hearts
And stirring us from within
With his prophetic gestures
And simple, gentle, winning ways
Then I heard a soft whisper in my heart
It’s Don Bosco! Yes, he is alive again
As a light house showing the way
A clarion call to wake up and walk
His visit was short
But the ripples it caused
In the ocean of my heart
Will go on till they reach those shores
Where we all will rest one day
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