Rosary Lane
Rosary Lane As sun shines and weather warms I walk up Rosary Lane To visit brothers in their graves And then walk down again A day will come with sun or rain When I’ll be carried there To join my brothers in the grave And not walk home again
Peter Bisson
Posted at 01:20h, 14 MayThank you Eric!
graeme quinlan
Posted at 03:18h, 14 MayTHIS LITTLE STORY SHOULD REMIND US ALL, THAT WE ARE ALL DESTINED TO BE TAKEN ON THAT LAST WALK, WE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID. IF WE TRUST THAT OUR GOD IS THERE TO MEET US.
Gabrielle Feuvrier
Posted at 04:08h, 14 MayOh my goodness Eric, this poem strikes a melancholic note ! keep walking my friend, in the warming sun. Greetings and peace from Paris from Gabrielle
Vicky Chen
Posted at 06:14h, 14 MayThank you, Eric. Many times I have visited the rows and rows of Jesuits there. Some are mentors and friends. Your lines have evoked profound love and gratitude even though I can no longer be there during this pandemic exile. I thank God for keeping all of us in Communion.
Gerry Forest, S.J.
Posted at 09:09h, 14 MayThanks Eric. Many memories are brought back from my days at Guelph and walking the Lane, and stopping and visiting the Brothers. One”s final destination.
Frank Obrigewitsch
Posted at 10:13h, 14 MayThe reality of reaching wizened years, Eric.
Thanks.
Frances Cheung
Posted at 12:32h, 14 MayThinking of you affectionately in Vancouver.
Sheila Profit
Posted at 12:44h, 14 MayThanks Eric. It is ironic that today we are burying my sister Jean and I am reading this. My brother James is buried in Rosary Lane. They are now together.
Margaret Powell
Posted at 13:42h, 14 MayReading the comments after reading the reflection was like completing a prayer for me. Prayers for and thanks to all for enriching my day.
Rosemary McGinn
Posted at 20:25h, 14 MayEric,thanks for your beautiful poem.I treasure deeply the many mentors and spiritual guides, who journeyed with me through the years.Gratefully Rosemary McGinnC.S.J.
Dennis Galon
Posted at 20:51h, 14 MayBeautiful, Eric!
A fabulous contemplation for all, especially poignant for us “wizened” ones, and doubly poignant for those of us who walked Rosary Lane as young bucks and gave the path its name.
The New York Times today published a story about Sister Aletheia (Greek for “Truth”)
“who since 2017…has made it her mission to revive the practice of memento mori, a Latin phrase meaning “Remember your death.” The concept is to intentionally think about your own death every day, as a means of appreciating the present and focusing on the future.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/us/memento-mori-nun.html
Suitable supplemental reading for those of us captivated by Eric’s moving poetry.
Brian Tansey
Posted at 15:04h, 17 MayThanks Eric
when you and my friend Eric McLean refer ( referred) to ‘ Rosary Lane ‘ … I am so appreciative of everything that ‘SJ’ has given me over the years ; now a bit wizzened myself … every time I’m at Loyola House I spend hunks of time wandering in that cemetery recalling all you ‘SJ’ guys and the many many good memories I have from knowing them …. starting with the yr. I spent as a ‘boarder’ at Loyola H.S. ( 1958) and served ( even at 5:30a.m. ) Mass for the likes of Fr. Jack McCarthy. Your short poem enriches and brings it all back again .. ie. right up to the present .