Shabbat shalom chaverim!

"My friend, beware of me
Lest I should do
The very thing I'd sooner die than do,
In some way crucify the Christ in you.

"If you are called to some great sacrifice,
And I should come to you with frightened eyes
And cry, 'Take care, take care, be wise, be wise!'
See through my softness then a friend's attack,
And bid me get straight behind your back;
To your own conscience and your God be true
Lest I play Satan to the Christ in you.

"And I would humbly ask you in turn
That if some day in me Love's fires should burn
To whiteness, and a Voice should call
Bidding me leave my little for God's all,
If need be, you would thrust me from your side -
So keep love loyal to the Crucified" [1]

Endnotes

[1] Father Andrew, S.D.C, Love's Pilgrimage and Other Poems (A.R.Mowbray, London: 1933), p.37