Chosen For This Moment

Of all the people

God has created throughout Time,

He chose you for this moment.

As the sound of battle grows closer,

Nations shake and bishops equivocate,

Yet you are assured,

The battle is within God’s providential plan.

Is it the battle to end all battles?

Only God knows.

As at the Cross of Jesus,

It is war,

The Kingdom of Light vs the Kingdom of Darkness,

The Enemy is ruthless,

Destroying new life,

Attacking families and the young,

Deceiving the Nations,

Sowing tares among the wheat.

No spectators in this moment!

“Who will you serve?”

Christ is Victor.

By His Death and Resurrection,

He has conquered.

It is He Who strengthens your arm for battle.

Know you are chosen,

Chosen for this moment.

Live the Mystery

Joann Nelander

“We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of the American society or wide circles of the Christian community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel. This confrontation lies within the plans of divine Providence; it is trial which the whole Church, and the Polish Church in particular, must take up.” Cardinal Wojtyla.

WINGS OF SILENCE

My Lord,
I spread my wings in this
My poor prayer.

I wait,
Trustingly, wait,
For You, My God

You come, hovering,
And then,
Like a breeze
Beneath my pinions,
Fill and lift me.

I rest on the Wind,
Knowing,
It is Your Spirit
Holding me aloft.

At Your invitation,
I rise,
Ever higher,
Resting on the Wind.

Hugging Your hallowed Presence,
I can simply be,
Knowing,
You know me.

It is the silence of my heart,
That dares speak,
As soaring,
Without effort,
I hear Your Silence,
Your knowing,
Loving,

Silence.

© Joann Nelander