Pensil Hidup: Maria Bunda

Kamis, 14 Februari 2008

Ave Maria gratia plena,

Maria yang lemah lembut itu kini menjelma dalam wajah Maria-Maria zaman kini.

Maria, penjual pecel.

Maria, penjual jamu.
Maria, single parent.

Maria, yang sedang kuliah.

Maria, yang tak lagi mampu belanja.

Maria, yang menjual tubuhnya.

Maria, yang keriput.

Mencintai Maria bunda, adalah mencintai kehidupan,

dan berkata 'ya' atas rencana besar Illahi..

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;

where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.