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Father Jason's Sermon

Patrick Lyons

Merry Mary, a girl good and able,
Watch as she slightly slips on a slick floor.
The child cracks her head upon a table,
Beloved little Mary is no more.
Life is a fragile thing, fleeting and fast,
Full of senseless sorrow and grinding wear.
Nothing of the earth can forever last.
Heaven, lead us not into black despair
For although there is much here that is dark,
Happiness exists amidst our great pain.
Take comfort in the promise of a spark,
Search for the sanity in the insane.
If without hope live for uncertainty
Every storm breaks eventually.

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