The Tabernacle Door
They tell me of grand, seraphic prayer,
They speak of the light that is gathered there.
They say that to mountain heights above
Fly up the eagles of holy love,
I hear them, but never ask to soar
While I gaze on the little Golden Door.
I open a book of inspired thought,
Treasures that saints may have dearly bought-
At another time, in another place,
It might be a fount of the richest grace,
But I close the volume, and read no more
While I gaze on the little Golden Door.
It is not praise, it is scarcely prayer,
I only think of Him, dwelling there-
The Heart that is never strange or cold,
The love that is always new and old,
Till cares and sorrows can vex no more
While I gaze on the little Golden Door.
I bring before Him the crowded day;
I try to hear what His voice would say
If others are right, and if I am wrong,
Am I the weak, and they the strong?
I pass my thoughts and my feelings o'er
While I gaze on the little Golden Door.
He so calm and untroubled still,
We so tossed by our wayward will,
So often sinking, so prone to fall,
He watcheth, He heareth, He knoweth all;
Give me, O Lord, of Thy wisdom's store
While I gaze on the little Golden Door.
I only ask for one word to show
The way Thou wouldst have my footsteps go?
One little beam of Thy truthful light,
For the path grows dark, it will soon be night?
And the hour is coming when never more
Shall I gaze on the little Golden Door.
-M.G.R.
The Diocese of Covington, Kentucky is sponsoring a Young Women's Discernment Retreat, ages 18 - 27 at St. Anne Retreat Center in Melbourne, Kentucky on June 9th - 12th, 2016. For more information, please contact St. Joseph the Worker Sister Patricia Jean at sjwvocations@gmail.com.
