<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420238" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Juggler of God</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Back in the age of faith<br>when most lived in homes of sod<br>There lived a humble man<br>They called the juggler of God.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was just a simple juggler<br>He could not read or write.<br>He performed his simple tricks<br>for children’s laughter and delight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In return for food and shelter-<br>for he had little use for gold-<br>He travelled from town to town<br>until he at last grew old.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When arthritis swelled his joints<br>He grew stooped, his fingers cold<br>When at last his gifts had failed him<br>He turned attention to his soul.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the order of Saint Benedict<br>The kind Abbot gave him place<br>Though he barely knew the prayers<br>His simple mind was full of grace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the chapel of Our Lady<br>The Juggler prayed there in the Aisle<br>Bemoaning his inability<br>to entertain the holy child.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He felt warmth in his fingers<br>A quick release from pain<br>He reached into his leather sack<br>for the objects of his trade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There before the altar<br>The brother juggled for the Lord<br>It was to be his last performance<br>with a heavenly reward.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Back in the age of faith<br>when most lived in homes of sod<br>There lived a humble man<br>They called the juggler of God.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420238" data-title="The Juggler of God de John F. McCullagh" data-description="Back in the age of faith when most lived in homes of sod There lived a humble man They called the juggler of God. He was just a simple juggler He could not read or write. He performed his simple tricks for children’s laughter and delight. In r..."></div> </div> </div>

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