37th Anniversary of Ordination
37th Anniversary of Ordination(14 June 1981- 14 June 2018)
Michael A. Maginn,Sleepily irritated
by the nurse’s cheery summons,I celebrate with a call to the hospital
at 4.27am.The morning is already fresh
with June light:two magpies patrolling the lawn
in clerical livery.BBC World Service
providing cold comfort:sparse communion
with the growing dawn.Deserted hospital road
and empty car-park,metaphors
for the lost years.Family members
gathered around the bed,sleepless
and bleary-eyed.Exchanging words
and shaking hands,we greet
and pray.And in that moment,
something makes sense,as clear
as brightening day.Somedays
looking back,they seem
like wasted years:but today
is not one of these.
.
Ad Multos Annos, Michael A.
and maybe, just maybe, fewer nurse’s summons at 04.27 !