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It was George Bernard Shaw who said "There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it."
Our poem this week by Padraig De Brun, who doesn't give us any information about himself, would appear to enhance that point of view.
Although I seem to get the impression that Padraig is stating that there is only one God. Thomas Davis similarly mentioned "What matters if on different shrines we pray onto one God".
Padraig has certainly given us a poem that provokes thoughts to reflect on.
The Cruise
I passed by the Purser's office
And noticed a small sign -
Which read "Interdenominational Services -
Quarter after nine."
I thought "I'll get a piece of that -
If only just to see -
What kind of God did they have -
Since they were not like me!"
A Catholic, I am -
Since the day that I was born.
Alas! I got there - just too late -
The travelers had all gone.
But I found a pamphlet lying there,
With the Prayers they had just read.
Amazed - I found - they were the very same prayers
In my Mass - I'd just said.
I read the Pamphlet end to end
And concluded; We're all the same -
We all pray to the same God -
We just call Him by a different name
Amen
© Padraig De Brun
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