{"id":839,"date":"2014-10-15T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=839"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:50:10","slug":"oct-15-quiet-time-tagore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2014\/10\/15\/oct-15-quiet-time-tagore\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct 15 quiet time Tagore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday Oct 15 \u00a0– \u00a0\u201cThe works I have in hand
\nI will finish afterwards.”<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in the Philly airport, which was very new when I lived here as a grad student in the 1970s. \u00a0They\u2019ve kept up with its aging process pretty well though and, when something takes me here I feel immediately at home \u2014 the south Philly accent especially. \u00a0 I just finished 2.5 days with my peer Mission & Identity officers from the Conference of Mercy Higher Education, and I\u2019m heading up to Connecticut for my annual retreat. \u00a0Unless I am smitten with some flash of beauty for a post, I\u2019ll follow the guidance of Rabindranath Tagore in his #5 (Gitanjali<\/span>) & not post until I get home at the end of next week.<\/p>\n

Have good days. \u00a0 Best to read the poem out loud, a couple times.<\/p>\n

john st sj<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Post\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by thy side,
\nThe works that I have in hand
\nI will finish afterwards.
\nAway from the sight of thy face
\nmy heart knows no rest nor respite,
\nand my work becomes an endless toil
\nin a shoreless sea of toil.<\/p>\n

Now is the time to sit quiet,
\nface to face with thee
\nand to sing dedication of life
\nin this silent and overflowing leisure.<\/p>\n

Tagore 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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