Vigils at New Melleray Abbey

Vigils

Is there joy like this
On earth
Can I be so swept away
That only sitting in this silence matters
Can silence be alive
Here in the flicker of a tabernacle light
Rough stones to remind me of
1500 years of prayer
Vigils done before the birds awake
Psalms ringing out from
Cloistered darkness
Is there joy like this
That in this moment with Christ
I desire nothing , ever
But to be here and
Nowhere else
No other thought but joy
 Is there joy like this on earth?

Lorna Tatomir Vigils New Melleray Abbey  Conversi retreat June 2012