One of my sisters sent me today this intriguing poem by Linda Pastan, On the Question of Free Will:Sometimes,noticing the skeletonembossedon every leafand how the lions mouthand antelopes neckfit perfectlyI wonderat Gods planhad Eve refusedthe apple.

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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