Construction

Construction

   O God
   of castles, anthills
   skyscrapers
   barns
   and villas
   by the sea,

   who links
   cementandstone
   oakandpine
   in union
   like
   manandwife
   to hold
   forever,

   call again
   the cedars
   of Lebanon
   the rock of Zion
   the clay
   of the Jordan's edge
   and the desert sand

   to form
   each roof tile
   chimney
   threshold
   window
   and wall

   into the shape
   of your own
   perfection
   and shatter
   over it
   the fire
   of your Spirit
   complete.

--Sr. Eileen Haugh, OSF

Eyota, Minn.

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