Father wrap these the hands of
your dear ordinand, the man’s
hands soaked in sacred scented
chrism, wrap them in this clean
cloth, the Maniturgium,
this cloth that will one day wrap
the precious hands of she his
mother, she his mother who first
protected him in her womb,
she his mother who now lies
in her final resting place
and in Heaven all will know
she bore the world a holy priest,
to Christ’s delight, he her gift.
Gary Edward Geraci
the natural law
is man’s participation
in eternal law
Gary Edward Geraci
Inspired by “The Eternal Law” as taught by St. Thomas Aquinas
Chosen, the world
Frozen; aright,
Your steadfastness
Pure, might His grace
Make you holy.
Take virtue: true
Fortitude: vice
Accrued now mist,
Pierced by White Light,
Dispersed. “Redeemed
By the Almighty!”
Cry ten among
Each age, ten whom
Reach sanctity:
Refused a world
Infused in sinful
Pleasure seeking;
Leisure postponed;
Ignoring the
Scorning, mocking.
One of the Ten:
None too easy:
Turning God from
Burning the world.
Gary Edward Geraci
It is true! Yes God!
The pain is gone, my heart filled!
You’re taking me home!
Gary Edward Geraci
The body no longer the temple
There comes a time when
The acquisition of wisdom
Over muscle becomes the mental
Exercise for men
Intent on building the Kingdom
And essential to the survival
Of a culture that flourishes in
Holiness despite the socialist system
Creeping up the ladder but no rival
To the overwhelming love of One Cross, One Victim.
Gary Edward Geraci
I do think there are holy priests
Who do withhold from the feasts
Of pleasure and comfort seeking
Committed to exposing the reeking
Lies of a godless culture
Where God’s death is “food for the vulture”
And my next breath is sustained
By a material process maintained
In an infinite series
Of coincidental mysteries
Yet subject to the radical manipulations
Of woefully deficient compilations
Of wholly defiant ideations
Of the stuff that’s failed nations
Fall falling felled failing to rise
Rise Christ rise I don’t believe the lies
Just lies
Just lies
Gary Edward Geraci
