My mother-in-law shared this poem with me several years ago.  This morning, a member of our homeschool group shared it via email.

Our Lady of the Candles

I have seen a candle lit.

I have watched the slow

Consuming of the strength of it

That a light may glow.

And I have thought upon a maid

That to the temple came

And offered all herself to be

Wax — to feed a flame.

~ Sr. Mary Catherine, O.S.U. ~