APPLE PIE

VENI  SANCTE  SPIRITUS 

Come Holy Spirit,

send out from heaven 

the rays of your light.

Come, Father of the poor.

Come, giver of gifts.

Come, light of hearts.

Encourage our best.

Be our spirit’s guest.

When things become heated,

be our sweet coolness.

When we are working,

be our rest.

When we are in sorrow,

be our inner peace.

Light most bright,

enlighten the hearts 
of your faithful.

Without your power,

we can do nothing,

and nothing is right.

Wash what is sordid.

Water what is arid.

Cure what is sick.

Bend what is rigid.

Warm what is chilling.

Correct what is devious.

Give to the faithful,

to those who trust in you,

your seven holy gifts. 

Give them salvation at their end.

Give them never ending joy. Amen.

© Translation of the 

Veni Sanctae Spiritus 

by Andrew Costello, CSSR

June 3, 2017

THE  LAST  PIECE  OF  PIE  

Night, heading home in the dark ....

Dark, heading home into the night.

Not noticing bats and street lights….

Not noticing the lights of the oncoming

cars…. It was a long, long day.
It was a long, long meeting - dealing 

with Church - budget -  business. 

All I want to do is to get home,

to receive communion, holy communion,

in the hug of my wife - and the joy

of my kids - and a hot cup of tea -

and I hope pecan pie - that is, if….

if that last slice is still there.

It was there before I left, but when

coming home, you never know. It’s

always the surprise and the unexpected.

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017

June 2, 2017

ELECTRONIC  FENCE

Somewhere along the line I found out 
that some people seem to use an 
electronic fence to shock others from
crossing over into their boundaries. 

This far and no further dare you go. 

They plant red flags as a warning.
You can't bring up certain topics, 
names and who and what have you. 

Well, when my batteries run out -
when you no longer have me by 
the collar - when you can no longer
jolt me with electronic juice - I'm going 
to run for far distant fields of freedom?

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017

June 1, 2917

MOTH

This ongoing search 

to be able to fly, to rise,

make that me, O Lord.

This ongoing search

for the light, more light,

make that me, O Lord.

This ongoing search,

for the fire, to be on fire, 

make that me, O Lord.

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017

May 31, 2017

        

VISITATION

When  someone claims they have

had a vision of Mary - in some far

off place - people start running for

the airport - to hear her words of

wisdom, “Let it be …. Let it be.”

But as the Beatles sang it, “When

I find myself in times of trouble ….”

“And in my hour of darkness

She is standing right in front of me

Speaking words of wisdom Let it be.”

Mother Mary - we just have to close

our eyes and you visit us - you come

to visit us with words of wisdom - and

those words can become flesh and dwell

within us - pregnancy meeting pregnancy.

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017

Sculptures by 
Kathleen M. Aucoin, SC

Seton Arts Studio

6301 Riverdale Avenue

Bronx, NY 10471

setonarts@gmail.com

May 30, 2017

SHERBET

Semi-circular scoops of cold dessert: 

sherbet. Colors: soft orange, yellow

lime, pale green pistachio, purple

raspberry, blueberry. Frozen  fruit juices - 

mixed with 1 to 3 % milkfat - more would 

make it ice cream.  Sherbet. Spoon it. Sip it. 

Slide it into one’s mouth and all is made

right. Perfect for a kid who just skinned 

her knee or is missing her dad off on military 

duty. Sherbet: something that soothes the mouth

and the soul when there is a hurt or a missing.

                                                                                                   © Andy Costello, Reflections  2017