Strength in Hearth and Home

Honor among all:

Marriage bed left undefiled;

God will judge the heart.

Hebrews 13:4

-Gary Edward Geraci

Two Becomes One

Sexual diff’rence

These two becoming one flesh

God’s revelation

Gary Edward Geraci

Fraternity

To the traveling and working Filipino migrant with a fervent love of God to light the way and spread His word

1

Far from country so they sail,

What ails the aged and the frail;

Healing both body and soul —

God’s gift, the Filipino.

2

Kept close to Christ and the pope:

The world’s best workforce, full of hope;

All in Abu Dhabi,

Arabian, Filipino.

3

Mass, it’s as if it’s been stilled,

Massive cathedrals once were filled;

But wait, a resurgence:

Pack the Church, Filipino!

4

Long love for both young and old,

Hearts to heal a hardened household:

Poised, PacMan’s power punch,

Las Vegas, Filipino.

5

Closet cloistered, folded hands,

A burning bush in salted sands,

Good and gone but your prayer,

Saved my life, Filipino!

• Gary Edward Geraci

Chasing

chasing lies and laxity, 

dread followed those highs: deadness.

fertile fields my sovereignty, 

spoiled by a drunken redness.

street smart and known, ignorance

kept me from ever knowing;

i called it a hinderance

and found it’s Love that’s chasing.

-Gary Edward Geraci

Pilgrim’s Prayer

for the past and the

present; most of all - for all

of eternity:

One Lord and one another;

may God help us each get there.

-Gary Edward Geraci