Category Archives: Catholic

Bits and Pieces

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Bits and pieces,

Morsels of my self,

I offer so little,

Merely fragments.

I wish I had more to give.

I am so scattered,

Often bewildered.

I will try to get it together.

Command me!

Give me grace for this day,

Efficacious grace for this moment

And then the next.

Make me as You would have me.

I simply love You.

All I have is me,

Desiring to be Yours.

I know You understand.

Joann Nelander

Constancy

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My faith is weighed down,
Because I know myself,
And my inconstancies.

But Lord,
I know You,
And Your eternal and intimate constancy,
And so I lean on You.
Pick me up, press me to Your cheek,
Plant a kiss on my forehead.

Before You set me down,
To my place in this day,
Write me on Your Heart,
For I will You to sign me
Upon That most gracious Heart,
And seal me with Your Fidelity.

For Faith shall not fail me,
But deliver me,
Like the weak and wanting babe, I am,
Into Your ever-loving grasp.