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John XXIII

A POEM

By “Julian Norwich” | May 1986

The bait of his goodness brought sinners in shoals,

He guided men gently to hope once again —

This sharp-eyed old peasant, a shepherd of souls,

In the Fisherman’s following, a fisher of men.

The Will

I’ve heard of those on milk and honey fed

But when I set about to…

Lines Written in the Dominican College Library

However pure this love, however holy,

I want to hold your poor flesh in my…

Pain of Late Conversion

Have mercy, Lord, and by your blood

wash from my brain

the sly recurring pain

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