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Poem by anonymous Secular Carmelite member

If God is my All
and he is with me…
why am I so lonely?
Why do I feel alone?

Father.
Son.
Holy Ghost.

Even those three
need one another
to be God!

That is my answer
to why I need
to seek the company
of others in the race.

But I must seek
that company,
that holy communion.
in him…
He must lead the way.

It is in imitation
of his perfect example
that I seek others
with whom to be myself.

Each of us gives to the other
Whatever we have.
Each asks of the other
that which we have not
and need.

Two together.
Or three or four,
Or more…
And there is God.