CREDO en unum Deum. <br />We all recited it perfectly <br />The Tridentine Mass <br />St Matthews Liverpool <br />Nineteen fifty three. <br />Was it said with any conviction <br />Or was it just ritual? <br /> <br />Next morning in the Office <br />After we'd discussed the Reds & Blues <br />The chatter turned to God. <br />What - they said - not God <br />You don't believe he exists <br />Not really how could you? <br /> <br />A figment of mind <br />A fragment of myth <br />And has nobody told you <br />(Sotto voce) He's dead! <br />I pondered but said nothing <br />And the coffee break ended. <br /> <br />But they cannot tell me <br />Who answers me. <br />Who answers me <br />Out of the unknown <br />Or where help comes <br />From beyond help <br />They cannot tell me <br />The name of my Friend! <br /> <br />I have launched a Prayer into the night <br />And I have felt the connection. <br />I have prayed for light <br />And the light has shone. <br />There must be an answer <br />It is niether right nor reasonable <br />That I - foolish enough to believe <br />Should so confound the logic <br />Of the sceptical and wise. <br /> <br />But their philosophy is ephemeral <br />My Faith is experiential <br />Is God dead? I don't think so <br />I spoke to Him this morning! <br />Credo en unum Deum <br />Patrem omnipotentem <br />Factorem caeli et terrae <br />Visibilium omnium et <br />Invisibilium AMEN. <br /> <br />The Reds = Liverpool FC The Blues = Everton FC <br /> <br />(John Knight - Colchester - November 2009) <br /> <br />j<br /><br />John Knight<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/1115-credo-en-unum-deum/
