CREDO en unum Deum.
We all recited it perfectly
The Tridentine Mass
St Matthews Liverpool
Nineteen fifty three.
Was it said with any conviction
Or was it just ritual?

Next morning in the Office
After we'd discussed the Reds & Blues
The chatter turned to God.
What - they said - not God
You don't believe he exists
Not really how could you?

A figment of mind
A fragment of myth
And has nobody told you
(Sotto voce) He's dead!
I pondered but said nothing
And the coffee break ended.

But they cannot tell me
Who answers me.
Who answers me
Out of the unknown
Or where help comes
From beyond help
They cannot tell me
The name of my Friend!

I have launched a Prayer into the night
And I have felt the connection.
I have prayed for light
And the light has shone.
There must be an answer
It is niether right nor reasonable
That I - foolish enough to believe
Should so confound the logic
Of the sceptical and wise.

But their philosophy is ephemeral
My Faith is experiential
Is God dead? I don't think so
I spoke to Him this morning!
Credo en unum Deum
Patrem omnipotentem
Factorem caeli et terrae
Visibilium omnium et
Invisibilium AMEN.

The Reds = Liverpool FC The Blues = Everton FC

(John Knight - Colchester - November 2009)

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John Knight

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