TAGORE

For those who will hear mass or attend worship tomorrow, this poem by Rabindranath Tagore is worth reading.

Go not to the temple to put

flowers upon the feet of God.

First, fill your own house

with the fragrance of love.

Go not to the temple to light lamps

before the altar of God.

First, remove the darkness of

sin from your heart.

Go not to the temple

to pray on bended knees.

First, bend down to lift someone

who is downtrodden.

Go not to the temple to ask

for forgiveness for your sins.

First, forgive from your heart those

who have sinned against you.

I like the third "Go" the most. :-)