https://youtu.be/ke0iusvydl8 Joann Nelander
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
Bless This House
Bless this house, This simple abode, Where You,Jesus, Take Your rest. Blessed Mary, Mistress, Of the little house, Now at Loretto, You labored in love, With Love at your side, And always in your heart. Your labor hallowed the walls Of your domain, The domicile of Peace. Now, purify, all under my roof, That … Continue reading
St Gertrude’s Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
O MOST Sacred Heart of Jesus, pour down Thy blessings abundantly upon Thy Church, upon the Supreme Pontiff, and upon all the clergy; give perseverance to the just, convert sinners, enlighten unbelievers, bless our parents, friends and benefactors, help the dying, free the Souls in Purgatory, and extend over all hearts the sweet empire of … Continue reading
Angelic Companion, Mine
My Angel, Beholding the face of God, Guardian by my side, Attendant friend and guide, With me from my happy conception, And faithful companion to my earthly end, May we, Who journeyed this pilgrimage In one another’s presence, Laugh together in heaven.
