Thy Neighbor

It is simple to look upward,

to cast devotion into the vast, silent blue,

to sing praises to a distant perfection

that demands no earthly patience.

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But the true altar is not in the clouds.

Our devotion is tethered here,

ascending no higher than the grace

we offer the person we love the least.

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“I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least." Dorothy Day