THE ANGEL AND THE SOUL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 40, 21 October 1925, Page 61

THE ANGEL AND THE SOUL.

I. One day a Cherub thus addressed my soul: “Ah! didst thou know how bright the Heav’ns shine! If thou conld’st see the - floods of light that roll From God’s dear Face and thus illumine mine!” . : I, to the bright Archangel answered then: “Thou seest God more brilliant than the day But of His Eucharistic love for men What can’st thou say? What can’s c thou say?”. : 11. He paused and said : “Know’st thou ray joy supreme In seeing God, so beauteous, face to face For me the joys of Heaven ever seem To be renewed and please with fresher grace,” And I replied: “Thou can’st not, Angel, feel What we poor mortals feel, who go astray, And then before the Tabernacle kneel With broken hearts to weep and pray.” - 111. The Cherub gently whispered yet once more: “Know’st thou,” he said, “what heavenly food is mine? To love and serve the Great God I adore, In this behold my banquet all divine.” I made reply, thy food, God’s Holy Will, To be most sweet I always have believed But Jesus in the Host far sweeter still, Hast thou received? Hast thou received?” IV. . 0 thou, whose home is pearl and amethyst, Unite with me to praise our God so fair. To thee the Heav’ns, to me the Eucharist! A share, to each and each one’s share so rare. 1 hope one day to join thy glorious choir, But here below I love God’s altar throne. Behold my lot! To thy joys I aspire; Awaiting them, I love my own. —M. H. McCarthy, S.C., in the Salcsian Bulletin, , OGOGOO©