{"id":2635,"date":"2018-04-06T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:32","slug":"april-6-mary-kelly-rsm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2018\/04\/06\/april-6-mary-kelly-rsm\/","title":{"rendered":"April 6, Mary Kelly rsm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sr Mary Kelly, RSM \u00a0+ April 6, 2018<\/p>\n

We are a university. \u00a0\u00a0Here, people listen, take each other seriously. \u00a0Teachers listen to students. \u00a0 Some students once told one of our master teachers that s\/he was most scary when one of them would say something and s\/he would turn around and write that student\u2019s words on the board, circle one and turn around and ask: \u201cWhy did you choose\u00a0that<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0word?\u201d \u00a0Teachers do that. \u00a0Listen for the student\u2019s voice, call it forth; expect respect for words. \u00a0 Not only teachers though. \u00a0Universities call on students to listen to each other, to expect meaning from each other. \u00a0Also, \u00a0administrative assistants, \u00a0staff in the registrar\u2019s office, \u00a0nurse practitioners in the student wellness center, \u00a0campus security officers, coaches; \u00a0lots of listening. \u00a0 \u00a0On good days, each of us knows that. \u00a0And on hard days, maybe one of our peers will notice and ask how we are doing, and listen to our story.<\/p>\n

Sr. Mary Kelly led and taught by listening, by expecting risk-taking; she noticed fellow members of the university and, in noticing, helped them to believe that she\/he has a voice worth listening to. \u00a0 She died about 6:30 this morning. \u00a0 Just as she listened to other people\u2019s voices, all over this university for years, so her voice was a source of grace all those years as well. \u00a0 We will miss her.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Today\u2019s poet, Rabindranath Tagore wrote a pocket-size book of 100 poem-prayers,\u00a0Gitanjali<\/u>. \u00a0Some people say that the Gitanjali 100 are one reason he received the Nobel Prize in Literature on December \u00a010, 1913.<\/p>\n

Have a blest weekend.<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s post: \u00a0– \u00a0Tagore # 2<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

When Thou commandest me to sing
it seems that my heart would break with pride
and I look to Thy face
and tears come to my eyes.<\/p>\n

All that is harsh and dissonant in my life
melts into one sweet harmony
and my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird
on its flight across the sea.<\/p>\n

I know Thou takest pleasure in my singing
I know that only as a singer I come before Thy presence
I touch by the edge of the far spreading wing of my song
Thy feet which I could never aspire to reach.<\/p>\n

Drunk with the joy of singing
I forget myself
and call Thee friend
who art my lord.<\/p>\n

Tagore\u00a0\u00a0Gitanjali<\/span>\u00a0 # 2<\/p>\n

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Rabindranath Tagore
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