commemoration of saint paul
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Irish Jesuit Province
Commemoration of Saint PaulAuthor(s): Helen PunchSource: The Irish Monthly, Vol. 60, No. 708 (Jun., 1932), p. 329Published by: Irish Jesuit ProvinceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20513278 .
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POETS AND THE BLESSED EUCHARIST 329
But then it was in the language of poetry He Himself spoke at His Last Supper when He said: " Do this in commemoration of Me "-promising us in the Bread of Angels everlasting life.
COMMEMORATION OF SAINT PAUL
JUNE 30TH.
Hark to the prayer of a hurrying age O Saint of the hurrying feet, O Blessed seer whose blinded eyes Saw the old and the new worlds meet.
You who tore the clouds from the darkened West That the dawn from the East shine through;
Who taught the wisdom of Nazareth In the city that Plato knew.
Who brought to the foetid heart of Rome The hill-winds of Galilee,
Who guarded the freedom of Christ's sweet yoke For the peoples yet to be;
As you toiled for the span of your Master's life At a task that might never wait. For the sake of a deathless love, sprung red From the root of a deadly hate.
His wisdom the light of your burning pen His interests a fiery goad Since He spake your name in the Syrian noon On the white Damascus road.
HELEN PUNCH.
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