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Christ the Carpenter

Why did you, Lord of all,

 

Incarnate God,

Choose to be called, and be, a carpenter?

Why did you not,

When dwelling on the earth

which you had made

Choose more to love it with a tiller’s heart?

Or with the fisherman to cast your lot?

Surely that would have been more fitting art

For one who came to draw

With loving skill, all men into his bark?

Why did you choose

To ply your trade in wood?

Was it because, like a wise warrior,

You did  desire to learn

With mind, heart, human hand

The rough grained medium of your victory?

  by Sr Jadwiga Swiatecka