Evening Thoughts
Poem by Blessed Mary of the Apostles

I am in my little room. Twilight
has already ceded to the night.
Into the starlit sky I gaze pensively:
nothing is more comforting to me.

There a thousand living flames I see, although
each is a world in itself, I know.
They sparkle wonderfully and wink at me:
both chiding and wooing me tenderly.

How peacefully they hang, suspended there, yes -
while life for us holds so much stress.
That's why I gave on them in contemplation:
They give me comfort and consolation.

O wondrous stars, keep shining in my heart!
You soothe every sorrow and, with heavenly art,
Instill trust and a courage that brings
insight into the smallness of earthly things.

When I depart for my ultimate goal,
I hope to find lasting rest for my soul
there, where the stars with splendorous grace
form the portals of my eternal dwelling place.