General (Vol. 3)
Holy Family
- How we have cut you out in glass,
The Holy Family set on high;
A self inflicted mystery
We cannot see it as we pass
For, seen from outside, it is dim
So we must see it filled with light,
Set against sun but not too bright,
Viewed as true living from within. - Our sentimental colouring
Creates a tragic chasm whereby
The troubles in our family
Are set apart from worshipping:
Torn love and fractured loyalty,
Rejection, passion compromised,
Are firmly compartmentalised,
Far from your cottage royalty. - Teach us to learn the pain in you
That you might share the pain that we
Reserve for a miscellany
Of therapies, not what is true:
And may the Church's family learn
The tolerance that families need
To mentor, pacify and feed
And share such graces in return.