A Priest Poem by Jordan Legaspi

A Priest

Perpetual manifestation of his holiness:
-truthful chastity; practical poverty; mature obedience;
Reality, therefore, he is a man of godly principle:
-spirituality that channels love, faith, charity to all;
In discipline, he is above all equipped both the head and the heart:
-wisdom to teach and challenge, emotion master in all art;
Err he is not free, a man like all of us
- his vocation, therefore, needs prayer and sacrifice;
So as too, he is mirrored as the apostle of Jesus:
-a father; a brother; a friend without ifs and buts,
The journey full of ups and downs it means:
-he is a religious educator, a secular conscience