Category Archives: All Things Catholic

Forever Yours

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You behold me, precious.
Your eyes and heart follow me,
As a mother, her child.

So, here I am,
Sometimes happy,
Oft’ times soiled,
Frequently, lost in distraction.
Yet, I lay claim to Your Love.

How great and blessed is my future,
You designed and destined the waif before You.
You cause me and set my course.
I, for myself, rejoice that I am thine,
And rely wholly on Thy beneficence.

Great Love,
Love the child of Your Heart.
Follow me with motherly care,
To correct, commend, cuddle and caress.

© 2016 Joann Nelander

Darkly Here

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Though I perceive myself without You,
I could not reach for You, as I do,
But for You.
Therefore You are with me,
In my waiting,
In my hoping,
In my believing.

Never alone in my great wanting,
Satisfied in my enduring,
Tomorrow felt in my longing,
Smiling with every tear.
I am of high and holy cheer,
Believing You are near,
Certain You are darkly here.

©2016 Joann Nelander.

 


			

	
	



				
					

	

		
I Thirst


				

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You showed the way

To live each day,

One cup of water at a time.


You satisfy Man’s thirst,

By thirsting first.

We come,

One cup of water at a time.


I live anew to give

As I have received,

One cup of water at a time.


Living water ,

Abundant stream,

Channel Your Life through me,

One cup of water at a time.


©2012 Joann Nelander

			

	
	



				
					

	

		
Graced to Be


				

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I offer You, O Lord,

The ground of my being,

The deep from wither

My thoughts and prayers arise.


O Holy Spirit,

Hover over the abyss within,

To grace the land

Rising out of my chaos,

Like the signal blessing

Of the dove of peace,

And a new beginning

Over the waters

After the Flood.


Free me from sin and disorder,

That my unique soul

May shout for joy,

Even for the wonder

That I am,

That You rejoice

To reveal me to be

In true humility,

That I may awaken

To give You due

Honor and praise.


Break up the clods

Of my ignorance

And self-satisfaction.

Plow my field cross hatch,

Plant my furrows with gospel seed.

Water me

That I may be a garden

Of hidden delights,

And a comfort to You

In Your rest.

			

	
	



				
					

	

		
Brink of Eternity


				

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Good morning, Jesus.

Here we are again,

At the beginning of a new day.


Can you feel me?

Here I am in Your Great Heart,

Reaching for You with my heart.


I feel Your eyes upon me.

You are perfume to my senses.

You are the touch of sweetness

I taste wafting on the breeze of Spirit.


You sound in my heart

With the beating of Yours.

Ever near, ever dear, everlasting,

Song of my soul.


Good morning, my Jesus.

Hold me here,

On the brink of eternity.


©2014 Joann Nelander