You stretch before me In wondrous expanses. Where are your limits, O Lord? Where the measure That contains Your domain? The ethereal sky, Hugging the mountains, Kissing earth, And spilling love across its plains, Proclaims a God of beauty. Hidden,yet revealed, In the minuscule and mighty, You peer from clouds That radiate streams of Your … Continue reading
Water at the Well
In prayer, I dig my well deeper. I count it all joy, Though sorrow may seep Through my walls. Bubbling up, Through muddy ground, Pure and fresh With hope, Pure water emerges, Gladdening as an eternal spring.. I am become, A drink of water, Drawn by the stranger, Who meets me in his thirst. Copyright … Continue reading
The Father’s gift in Christ
From the treatise On the Trinity by Saint Hilary, bishop The Father’s gift in Christ Our Lord commanded us to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. In baptism, then, we profess faith in the Creator, in the only-begotten Son and in the gift which is … Continue reading
“I shall be satisfied when your glory is seen” by St. Thomas Aquinas
From a conference by Saint Thomas Alquinas – I shall be satisfied when your glory is seen It is fitting that the end of all our desires, namely eternal life coincides with the words at the end of the creed, “Life everlasting. Amen.” The first point about eternal life is that man is united with … Continue reading
THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE
You are before me, Drawing me ever closer. I am lost in loving, Beseeching and begetting By Your grace. You call me, “The apple of Your eye.” Look, then, upon my world. Perfect it, Through this, my prayer. Color the ghettos of sin With hues of charity. Bring a springtime of purity, That earth may … Continue reading
