In memory of Sister Philomene Tiernan, who I never met
'Her entire existence was to bring good into this world'
said your pupil
the day after you were taken out of this world.
In the heavens above Eastern Ukraine you were shot
down with the others in a not-quite war
in not-quite Russian airspace.
We cannot quite take it in.
It is not quite real.
Not quite
real
.
But you were real
and you are real
Sister Philomene.
Did you pray for those sinners in the hour of your death?
I expect you did.
'She seemed like a grandma that everyone just loved'
said another.
'She taught people that faith in God,
in themselves, and in the world
would carry them through the journey.'
As you ascend with those 298 souls
dear sister, grandmother, good-bringer,
pray for us - who are left behind.
(Read the news story in the Huffington Post here.)
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