October 2, 2015

My Journey to God

I Am Thinking About the Pope’s Visit

This Baptist girl,
this hallelujah-ed servant,
this child of fundamentals
eternally searching for hope
eternally thirsty for the holy
wept when she heard
Francis was coming
and that he had the audacity to come
and that he had declared
the year to come, the year of mercy
sitting, listening as Scott Pelle
interviewed the Holy Father
who had no identity
with my brand of faith
yet concerned more about
my soul, than any other
his pastorate touching
my broken heart
my untouchable heart

By Diane Lewis
 

(Diane Lewis is a member of a Baptist church in Indianapolis. Moved by the pope’s pastoral nature and his visit to the United States, Lewis was inspired to write this poem.) †

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