Hi Arthur, thank you very much for your comment and observations. I greatly appreciate them. I tried to construct the stanza of the poem to mirror the Catholic Mass salutation and blessing*

*Dominus vobiscum (Latin: “The Lord be with you”) is an ancient salutation and blessing traditionally used by the clergy in the Catholic Mass and other liturgies, as well as liturgies of other Western Christian denominations, such as Lutheranism, Anglicanism and Methodism. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominus_vobiscum)