Contra-Thoughts

 
Glory be to the Father
      and to the Son
               and to the Holy Spirit... [i]
As it never was
      is not now
               and never shall be  –
by my will and understanding

The world since time began
has followed out His plan
 
We cannot say
what Adam should have been
and, ever since someone could do it,
we could not stop one sin ….
 
Where the stars come from
what creatures roam
the twists of man’s history
are not acts we own
 
All the impossible actuals
of the world that we see
and illogical facts that
we would never let be  –
 
How could the One Body  [ii]
be broken apart?
How could the human race
war, heart to heart?
 
If “from Every Thing comes good”
what can we see
in plans turned to nonsense
that hurt you and me?
 
How simple, how true,
how great and how grand,
if God only did
what we wished and planned
 
But, perhaps the All-Knowing
sees what we can’t see  –
seeds of beginnings,
fruit for eternity
 
As it was in the beginning,
is now and shall be
ever Glory to God,
          eternally! 
 
(2010s)

[i]   “Gloria Patri”.  Wikipedia. org.  {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Patri}  {accessed December 1, 2021).  –  “ The Gloria Patri, also known as the Glory Be to the Father or, colloquially, the Glory Be, is a doxology, a short hymn of praise to God in various Christian liturgies.”  

[ii]   “Church as the Mystical Body of Christ”.  Saint Boniface Catholic Church, Faith Formation.  stboniface-lunenburg.org.  {https://stboniface-lunenburg.org/church-as-the-mystical-body-of-christ}  (accessed December 1, 2021):    
“The Mystical Body of Christ is a scriptural image of the Church drawn from the teachings of Christ and Saint Paul that illustrates her unity in Christ, her relationship to him, and the interdependence of her members. ”
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