And this THE MOMENT..
hear, hear, the heart to proclaim
rejoice, rejoice, in the Lord's name
who listens, who listens, to a loving plea
who chooses, who chooses, JOY that is meant to be
within the flight of angels to vistas above
within the soaring of soul in the splendor of love
this THE MOMENT in grace be it known
in each gift of BEING be it shown.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
Adolphe-William Bouguereau, Virgin of the Angels, 1881 (Getty Museum)