In The Catacomb(S) Of Callixtus

In the Catacomb(s) of Callixtus. (also known as the Cemetery of Callixtus) A woman prayed in the third century. Her picture is on the walls of the Catacomb, covered the head with a veil wearing a costly vestment opening her palms like a shell she lifts up her hands to God above, a gesture which lifts us all up to God as if she prays for all of us. All women and men of all religions have lifted up their hands opening up the palms to the Gods and Goddesses of the antique age. Here in the Catacomb stays a woman in the underground dark cemetery praying at the face of death and graves. Hindus, Muslims, Christians come, we shall lift up our hands and open it like an open shell. God, who is beyond all religions will listen to our prayers for unity. (There is the mural painting of praying woman even now in the underground cemetery of the catacomb in Rom. This poem was written after seeing it) .