Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020

Source: pl.usembassy.gov
lift a thimble full of ashes
to your forehead and drink the bitter gall
lest we forget
let your circle-running mind
hit smack flat the wall
of its mendicant understanding
lest we forget
then shudder to remember
that not out of nowhere
but from some place even darker
arrived the infernal answer
lest we forget
thin opaque puddles
often cover over
abysses of the heart
lest we forget
that in Love’s Gospel
hatred gives its mite to the Temple
only then to covet its destruction
lest we forget
the Exodus is ongoing
lest we forget
justice is up-hilling
lest we forget
there’s something greater
here than Solomon
that demands our most
nauseous respect.

Greg Kennedy, SJ works as a spiritual director at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre in Guelph, Ontario. He is author of Reupholstered Psalms volumes I, II, and III; and Amazing Friendships between Animals and Saints (Novalis Press).

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3 Comments
  • Peter Bisson SJ
    Posted at 06:58h, 21 April Reply

    Thank you so much Greg!

  • Esther Buckley
    Posted at 10:23h, 21 April Reply

    Very meaningful. Never forget !!

  • Bernice Dookhan-Khan
    Posted at 11:29h, 21 April Reply

    Thanks for sharing these thoughtful words, Fr. Gregg.

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