The Omnipresence of God

I see His Blood Upon the Rose
By
Joseph M Plunkett

I see His blood upon the rose
And in the stars the glory of His eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.

I see His face in every flower;
The thunder and the singing of the birds
Are but His voice--and carven by His power
Rocks are His written words.

All pathways by His feet are worn,
His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea,
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn,
His cross is every tree.

Grace Gifford Plunkett

One of my favorite Irish songs is "Grace."  It's a love ballad.  The story is a true one; it's about the love story between Joseph Mary Plunkett and Grace Gifford.  Plunkett was an Irish rebel and was executed because of the part he played in the Easter Uprising.  Just before he was executed, Grace and a priest were allowed in his jail cell.  The priest married them.  The couple only had 15 minutes together.

Grace painted this picture of the Madonna while she was in jail, in 1923.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madonna_and_Child_painted_by_Grace_Gifford.JPG#/media/File:Madonna_and_Child_painted_by_Grace_Gifford.JPG

If I Should Need To Tear Aside

When one falls in love, their perspective changes.  Everything their eyes see look in some way related to the loved one.  It is even more so when one falls in love with God.  Everything, everybody, everywhere, reminds you of Him.  Read this poem by Joseph Mary Plunkett:

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If I Should Need To Tear Aside - Poem by Joseph Mary Plunkett

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If I should need to tear aside
The veils that hide both Heaven and Hell
To tell you that a soul had died
That once but tried to love you well
No breath should blow those veils aside.

But if I found your soul could save
From hell’s deep grave my sinking soul
Only if willingly you gave
I’d take—and then I’d crave the whole
Knowing you generous and brave.