And dares to take the side that seems
Wrong to man’s blindfold eye.
For right is right, since God is God;
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.
MATER DOLOROSA
By John Fitzpatrick, O.M.I.
She stands, within the shadow, at the foot
Of the high tree she planted: thirty-three