Writings (09)
We Run
2026 Asia Pacific Circle of Nine, Regional Assembly of the Good Shepherd Sisters
Every few years we gather,
to run together-anyone, everyone-
bearing the torch along the road of gratitude, compassion, love.
Flame, rise!
Flame, rise!
An eternal fire that never fades!
The torch is our offering, our zeal to the Lord:
brighter than medals,
deeper than victory,
filling hollow hearts with the sweat of one another.
A flame the wind cannot scatter,
a flame that rises from the earth,
a flame unbroken by the rain.
Flame, rise!
For the small and the poor,
for women bowed in sorrow, for children in need.
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Life is still worth living-miracle enough.
Flame, rise!
Until His mission is fulfilled,
we shall carry the torch and run.
Even when machines take the place of humankind,
beyond the widening chasm of poverty and division,
love for humanity will burn brighter still.
One spark is enough.
With justice we keep it alive,
with hope we kindle it again.
Though the world may turn away,
the Good Shepherd walks on, silent and steadfast.
Though wheat and weeds grow together along His path-
The world is still worthy of love.
We shall smile as our sign,
and run to the very end.
Flame, rise! Forever!
With you we run,
on the road of gratitude, compassion, love
with water of justice and breath of hope…
