A Series of Poems from El Retiro
By: Christine Rodgers, 2009
The Art of Believing
I wish to see
the hand of God
in everything.
Which is easy,
of course, when
things are easy.
But what of the
struggle, what
of the pain, what,
indeed, of the
suffering of Jesus,
the most Beloved
of all. The most
Beloved. Can I
see God’s hand
even there, resting
on the back of his
Beloved – all during
the agony, all during
the scourging, all
during the excruciating
dying and death. Do
I believe the hand of
God was only waiting
to lift his Beloved up
again – waiting until
our hearts were
settled – until our
sorrow yielded space –
until we were truly
free. Free to see
the hand of God
in everything.
Easter 2009
