Friday, September 7, 2018

September 7, 2018

VOW  OF  OBEDIENCE 


Years ago I took a vow of obedience.
It was August 2, 1960 to be exact.

I didn’t know what I was getting into,
but it was part of the package.

Oh they gave hints: to serve where
the community wanted me to go….

I was hoping for and planning on being
stationed in Campo Grande, Brazil.

Instead, I ended up on the Lower East
Side of Mahattan - in the East Village.

In time I learned it simply meant to listen
to  God and others in the here and now.

And let me tell you loud and clear:
God and others are in the here and now.


© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018


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