Catholicism.org » Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org An online journal edited by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Richmond N.H. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:17:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Finale http://catholicism.org/finale.html http://catholicism.org/finale.html#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:10:58 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=24105 When the Angel has blown on his trumpet a rat-a-tat-tat, And the final encounter of armies is finished and fought; When the ultimate wire has been snapped on the ultimate rat, And the ultimate saucer been licked by the ultimate cat; When the last little flower has pined in the last little pot, And the last little ditty ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/finale.html/feed 0 Three Soldiers http://catholicism.org/three-soldiers.html http://catholicism.org/three-soldiers.html#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:36:08 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=24039 Three soldiers rose up from their tents And went to join their regiments.

And one said: “Captain, I report Because I think the war is sport!”

And one said: “Captain, I am here Because my duty makes it clear.”

And one said: “Captain, I’m afraid I was not for a soldier made.”

So one in fervor, one in fun, And one in ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/three-soldiers.html/feed 0 Miserere http://catholicism.org/miserere.html http://catholicism.org/miserere.html#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:29:46 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23875 One’s faith has little nightmares It easily survives: — Divorcing lust and Luther, Henry and lots of wives.

But these are sham encounters Quickly dissolved in air; The soul beset no more than this Will never know despair.

But oh, to go by moonlight And wrestle all alone, And fight against no heresy Except against one’s own;

And be entrapped forever By what one knows is ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/miserere.html/feed 3 The Duel http://catholicism.org/the-duel.html http://catholicism.org/the-duel.html#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:04:06 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23640 One of us must surrender Ere this affair is done. I beg You — for it could not be — That You be not the one.

Deliriums are delightful To soothe a strange disease. My substance soon will recognize Its bare necessities.

Hump me like a hunchback, Or trip me on the stairs, ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-duel.html/feed 0 Memento For My Mourner http://catholicism.org/memento-for-my-mourner.html http://catholicism.org/memento-for-my-mourner.html#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:08:16 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23595 Think you, if this were I, You would be let to cry?

Were it I, for your sake, Think you I would not wake?

Ever did you appear And I not know you near?

When have you found me such, Cold as a stone to touch?

Seemed I in any mood Blank as a block of wood?

Gave ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/memento-for-my-mourner.html/feed 0 To One Created http://catholicism.org/to-one-created.html http://catholicism.org/to-one-created.html#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:14:14 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23484 There are three persons I admire tremendously and love the most, And these are God, The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost.

I admire them the most because beyond all others they are Most personable and permanent and admirable, — much more admirable by far

Than you, or than me, or than ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/to-one-created.html/feed 0 A Prayer For Protestants http://catholicism.org/a-prayer-for-protestants.html http://catholicism.org/a-prayer-for-protestants.html#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:18:37 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23399 May God be kind to captive fish Who dwell in little bowls and wish To swim, and can’t, and have no notion Of what has happened to the ocean.

And may He bless in aviaries Continually caged canaries, Who wonder, when they try to fly, What can have happened to the sky.

From Boundaries

]]> http://catholicism.org/a-prayer-for-protestants.html/feed 0 Good News http://catholicism.org/good-news.html http://catholicism.org/good-news.html#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:04:10 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=23282 The night before Our Lord was born Saint Joseph went about forlorn, Knocking at doors from left to right, Knocking at every door in sight, Asking if anybody would, Oh please, would anyone be so good As to invite the Virgin Mary In somebody’s house that night to tarry — And had they a room to spare where she Could wait for ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/good-news.html/feed 0 Pianissimo http://catholicism.org/pianissimo.html http://catholicism.org/pianissimo.html#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:18:01 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=22903 My meager brightness must I dim: Curtail my scanty skill; My little well, below the brim, In mercy must I fill;

Lest in their folly my sweet friends Should think it might be so, That anything I say portends Which way the wind will blow.

From Boundaries

]]> http://catholicism.org/pianissimo.html/feed 0 In Praise Of Electrons http://catholicism.org/in-praise-of-electrons.html http://catholicism.org/in-praise-of-electrons.html#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 19:56:06 +0000 Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. http://catholicism.org/?p=22862 Lest I should ever be mistaken for a mad Manichaean, Who am enamored of realities maybe not three-dimensioned enough, I hereby praise God loudly for all measurements and materials, Foliage, flesh, fabric and fiber, substance and stuff.

I praise Him for the volatile violets in little convent conservatories, For the innocent odors of ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/in-praise-of-electrons.html/feed 0