A Letter to My Most High Lord

Last updated on: July 27, 2021 at 8:56 am by Emily Claire Schmitt

A Letter to My Most High Lord 2021-07-27T08:56:44-04:00 Emily Claire Schmitt

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Hello Friends and Readers,

I’m taking a step back from my usual discourse this week, because I am on vacation with my family. There are lots of things I could write about this week. I had a whole plan to do a deep-dive into the recent Pillar Catholic controversy, for example. But, to be honest, there’s not much I could say about that which hasn’t already been said. I think after more time and reflection I may be able to provide something of value, but as of now I’d just be adding to the noise. And one thing I really don’t want on vacation is noise.

Instead, I leave you with this poem from Sr. Madeleva Wolff, a famed poetess and former president of my Alma Mater. It’s a sweet, simple prayer, that I think captures the way many of us feel when we are trying to pray.

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A Letter to My Most High Lord.

This Letter do I write to Thee,
My Lord most high,
To say I love Thee and to make a quest hereby.

Thou knowest that Thy mother is
My Lady dear;
Thou knowest that I make small songs
For her to hear.

Of late my little singing words
Have fled away,
And she has no song, Sweet Lord
This many a day.

Wherefore I ask thee, do Thou bid,
Some angel bring
Unto my Lady dear the songs
I cannot sing.

O, let it be an angel small
With simple ways
Who will not feel it mean to chant
My childish praise.

This is the quest, my Lover Lord,
With which I come;
And though Thou strike my my tongue, my heart
Forever dumb,

I will exchange for sweets of song
One thing more sweet,
The silence of adoring lips
Against thy feet.

I’ll be back next week.

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About Emily Claire Schmitt

Emily Claire Schmitt is a playwright and screenwriter focused on uncovering the mystical in the modern world. She is a Core Member of The Skeleton Rep(resents) and a board member of The Catholic Artist Connection. All opinions are her own unless she has recently changed them. Follow her on Twitter @Eclaire082. You can read more about the author here.

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