There is only one heart so pure, As to remain demure, One life lived in blessed union With Your Own. One so holy As to share Your throne. Solomon, in His wisdom A type of Christ, Rose from his kingly chair To seat his mother By his side, Thereby made clear Her stature in his … Continue reading
Sounds of Yesterday
Sounds of yesterday play hard against my soul. Voices shouting through the years, Silenced as rain upon the shoal. Sounds of yesterday play hard against my soul As pillowed sobs still take their toll. Nothing so hard to bear as tears. Sounds of yesterday play hard against my soul Voices shouting through the years. ©2012 … Continue reading
Sorrow In the Midst of Joy
In the midst of joy, I bear many sorrows. For the perfection Of the Trinity’s All Holy Work of Love, I place my longing, My yearning, Next to your perfect sorrow. May my cries Pierce your Immaculate Heart, O Holy Mother, As you behold your Son, In His Dying. What good can come of sorrow? … Continue reading
Morning Sigh
A sigh of longing A sigh of love A sigh bidding to my side The Lord above. Breathe in the Spirit. Breathe in that Holy Ghost. Breathe deeply in the morning The God of hosts. Copyright 2013 Joann Nelander All rights reserved
Awakening
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
