Selected by Mary Doherty, Longford
Walk in the Shoes
and you’ll know who is greater in the kingdom where all are free.
Walk in the shoes of another for a mile
Carry on your shoulder each other’s weakness and troubles
only to see who is the stronger.
At last realize the suffering each one pays to be incomplete
without a friend to understand the mis’ry and darkness
which cloud the horizon of life while we try to grow into persons.
Reference: 1972 The Benedictine Foundation of the State of Vermont, Inc.
Image Credit: CC0 Met Museum