Thanks to our Lord, His Word and Sacraments---the gift
that has just come to me, to give my soul a lift
in the stellaring Faith of Orthodox Christianity
and out of this slump, this slog of perfidy
back to my spiritual family;
out of this rancid and sloppy smirch
upon my soul from which Christ set it free,
and brought again to the ancient Orthodox Church
that my worldliness and flaws cannot smother.
Thanks to my Lord Jesus, and the Virgin Mary, His Blessed Mother.
Starward, an Orthodox Christian
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