Recently on the third anniversary of Father Abraham’s death, SOJASI director Cecilia George read this excerpt from Father Abraham’s Rhymes and Reflections at a service to dedicate the marker stone for his grave.
“Ode to Old Age”
I thank you God, whom I adore,
For Your gift of growing old.
It lifts my heart up more and more
I feel I’ve almost reached the door
-Door inlaid, so I’ve been told,
With sapphires, emeralds and with gold!
-Door of heavenly Jerusalem
Where dwell Your saints and seraphim
-Door I’ll so soon enter in
Where alone I can begin
To live in joy forever more
To live the life You made me for
To live Your child, Your very own,
Within Your home…
