Daily Meditation: Wisdom And Youth

Daily Meditation: Wisdom And Youth

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Today's meditation features a poem by American writer Edgar Lee Masters, quoted in Pope Francis's address to U.S. bishops on Sept. 23. The piece reminds us to value those qualities that characterize both youth and aged wisdom.

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Alexander Throckmorton by Edgar Lee Masters

In youth my wings were strong and tireless,

But I did not know the mountains.

In age I knew the mountains

But my weary wings could not follow my vision --

Genius is wisdom and youth.

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