by Cyril Lovett

In the college chapel
each of us remembers the exact spot where,
clothed in alb and stole,
we lay prostate on ordination day.

An impressive rite
to capture and express
that liminal phase
prior to assuming a new status in the community.

Cyril Lovett SCC is a priest-missionary, a member of the Missionary Society of St Columban. He spent many years in pastoral work in Mindanao, Philippines