M.E.

Written by Sr. Jane M. Abeln -- U.S. Province

Like a crippled girl from a body cast,
through My Word
and My tender Touch,
you have leaped forth whole unto Me.
You are healed, healed from inside out—
doubly healed.
And you are sealed, sealed as My Beloved,
by My Word
and My tender Touch.

I have unbound you,
unwound the bandages
until at last the full Light
that always surrounded you
can sink through your eyes
into this little soul
that I have claimed as My own.
You will forget, like a mother, your anguish
for the joy that new life is born
in you
and through you.

Yet I leave on your body a few bandages
to remind you of bigger wounds
still suffered by My Body,
which I send you to heal
and seal
by My Word
and My tender Touch
for the glory of My Father.

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