Clutching You to my heart, My sins before me, I make Your Death, My dying, And find my life. You give Yourself to me. You give Yourself for me. I hold Your cold, Your bruised and bloodless Body As I pray. Wiping the spittle from Your Face, I behold the Man, My sins before me … Continue reading
Treasure of Presence
Jesus, what I love in Your people is You. Some shimmer and gleam with Your Presence While others tuck You away, As a treasure I must dig to unearth. None the less, Your grace, Is life reaching to eternity, Grace, that blesses me in every encounter. Life, that draws our humanity to the heavenly. © … Continue reading
Under the Fig Tree
“I Saw You Under the Fig Tree.” All our yesterdays are forgotten With the rush of Tomorrow. All the words fade away. Images are fleeting. All praise passes into oblivion. The compliments lost, As unrecorded history. All things are sand Falling through the fingers of the Future. None endure the winds of Time. So, what … Continue reading
I Watched a Friend at Prayer
I watched a friend at prayer. From the moment her eyes Met Yours on the Cross, She was enraptured. What is it that passes between like souls? The gulf between You, God, And Your creature is unfathomable, Yet, Your love spans the distance and dissimilarity With the intimacy of a mother Suckling her infant, All … Continue reading
Refuge of Sinners
Refuge of Sinners I sit in the sunshine of Your New Day. Forgiveness has washed over me. At Your Word, Mercy has rained upon Your Beloved. Hear now, You say to me: You are safe, My little one. You have chosen to hide yourself In the Wound of My Sacred Heart. The world about is … Continue reading
