My life as a Catholic Warrior Princess.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Friday, March 31, 2017
Hidden
Oh hide me away
Lest hope flicker and sputter in the cruel wind
Lest life become even more dim
Yet joy be on the Easter horizon.
Oh hide me with thee
In thy memory that cannot be denied
In thy words which are ever enshrined
In crowded glass frosted still.
Oh hide me someday
For thy trust and beckoning
For thy truest love's reckoning
Thy words echo still in my pounding heart.
Oh hide me behind
Tracing thy jaw with love inclined
Tracing promises made of bodies entwined
Locked where I cannot go.
Oh hide me away
Far afield into thy broken heart
Far into the fear that's torn you apart
Let the joy of healing shine.
Oh hide me in gold
Once you said that a broken vase
Once broken with gold filling replace
Never lost with broken beauty
Oh hide me in thy hands
Between the prayers whispered in your sadness
Between your weeping and your gladness
Fresh to tearless morning be
Oh hide me, gracious Jesus
In Thy heart, with all my weeping
In Thy heart, while I am sleeping
Wake me to mourn no more.
Lest hope flicker and sputter in the cruel wind
Lest life become even more dim
Yet joy be on the Easter horizon.
Oh hide me with thee
In thy memory that cannot be denied
In thy words which are ever enshrined
In crowded glass frosted still.
Oh hide me someday
For thy trust and beckoning
For thy truest love's reckoning
Thy words echo still in my pounding heart.
Oh hide me behind
Tracing thy jaw with love inclined
Tracing promises made of bodies entwined
Locked where I cannot go.
Oh hide me away
Far afield into thy broken heart
Far into the fear that's torn you apart
Let the joy of healing shine.
Oh hide me in gold
Once you said that a broken vase
Once broken with gold filling replace
Never lost with broken beauty
Oh hide me in thy hands
Between the prayers whispered in your sadness
Between your weeping and your gladness
Fresh to tearless morning be
Oh hide me, gracious Jesus
In Thy heart, with all my weeping
In Thy heart, while I am sleeping
Wake me to mourn no more.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be. - O Light that foll’west all my way,
I yield my flick’ring torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be. - O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be. - O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.
Monday, March 27, 2017
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Open
I'm watching the candle burn from across the room.
It adds glow.
It adds comfort.
It adds beauty.
My heart is glowing, from across the town.
It adds warmth.
It adds splendor.
It is beauty.
Jesus is glowing from inside the Tabernacle.
He adds life.
He adds love.
He is beauty.
My heart is open for you.
My hands are open to you.
My soul is open to you.
Fiat.
My mind wonders.
My tongue beckons.
My feet stay as they are told.
Fiat.
The candle is glowing.
My heart is glowing.
Jesus is glowing.
Fiat lux.
Kythe with me, in your darkness.
I know you are waiting.
I know you are hurting.
I shall suffer with you.
I shall wait with you.
I do not understand you.
But I care so very deeply.
And ever shall. I promised.
Surely.
If prayers really can be carried by angels, they are.
Straight to you.
If hearts really can be comforted by strangers, they are.
Straight for you.
If light can pierce the darkness, so be it.
Fiat.
My heart is open, ugly and open.
Hurt and open.
Sad and open.
Hopeful and open.
Joyful and open.
Free and open.
Fiat lux.
As I have been, ever.
It adds glow.
It adds comfort.
It adds beauty.
My heart is glowing, from across the town.
It adds warmth.
It adds splendor.
It is beauty.
Jesus is glowing from inside the Tabernacle.
He adds life.
He adds love.
He is beauty.
My heart is open for you.
My hands are open to you.
My soul is open to you.
Fiat.
My mind wonders.
My tongue beckons.
My feet stay as they are told.
Fiat.
The candle is glowing.
My heart is glowing.
Jesus is glowing.
Fiat lux.
Kythe with me, in your darkness.
I know you are waiting.
I know you are hurting.
I shall suffer with you.
I shall wait with you.
I do not understand you.
But I care so very deeply.
And ever shall. I promised.
Surely.
If prayers really can be carried by angels, they are.
Straight to you.
If hearts really can be comforted by strangers, they are.
Straight for you.
If light can pierce the darkness, so be it.
Fiat.
My heart is open, ugly and open.
Hurt and open.
Sad and open.
Hopeful and open.
Joyful and open.
Free and open.
Fiat lux.
As I have been, ever.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Heartburst
An open bloom inside me
A soft cushion of grace
Bursts forth from old darkness
And death's decaying waste
You found your way afar
Somewhere, wandering
Lonely in the shadows
In your heart's pondering
I don't know your words, now
Or your reasons, or your tears
But I hope that somehow
You will feel my love.
The tears I shed now, every day,
Every night to my pillow
My trembling voice offers this way
To join you in your suffering
If I could take it away, love
If I could take it back
If I could take you to heaven
I'd make up for what we lack
To see Jesus smiling
On our weakened souls
Happy in our grace
His strength to bestow
My heart is open here
Just a few breaths away
A backward glance, here
Healing from my dismay
Jesus. Jesus has not left.
Jesus will not leave you.
Jesus is your Right
Jesus will not deceive you.
Don't look left or right
Don't think it all Wrong
Just peer up to heaven
And God will restore your song.
A soft cushion of grace
Bursts forth from old darkness
And death's decaying waste
You found your way afar
Somewhere, wandering
Lonely in the shadows
In your heart's pondering
I don't know your words, now
Or your reasons, or your tears
But I hope that somehow
You will feel my love.
The tears I shed now, every day,
Every night to my pillow
My trembling voice offers this way
To join you in your suffering
If I could take it away, love
If I could take it back
If I could take you to heaven
I'd make up for what we lack
To see Jesus smiling
On our weakened souls
Happy in our grace
His strength to bestow
My heart is open here
Just a few breaths away
A backward glance, here
Healing from my dismay
Jesus. Jesus has not left.
Jesus will not leave you.
Jesus is your Right
Jesus will not deceive you.
Don't look left or right
Don't think it all Wrong
Just peer up to heaven
And God will restore your song.
One soft thing
Hear me, please
When I cry
Out in the night
Of light, please
Bring me home
Darkness supplant
Tears bring me
Closer to thee
Closer to Thee
We three, me
And thee, and
Godhead ever
Don't be far
Don't be far
Never farther
Mine the pain
yours the fear
Ours to bear it
In my heart
ever art
Thou appearing
"Never alone"
You once said
now I know it
Come with me
we three, two
hearts in trouble
So in tears
Sown in tears
Give us tomorrow
Light the dawn
Find us home
With Thee ever
Let it be
Jesus, Oh
I believe it
Showered rain
Not in vain
All my sighing
In the night
seeking Thee -
Consolation
In his heart
ever art
Thou Consoling
Take my prayers
Take my heart
Take my weeping
Take my love
Take my pain
Take my dying
Take my cares
Take my fears
Take them with thee
Take my hopes
Take my prayers
Take my singing
Take my tears
Take my sighs
Up to heaven
Shower love!
Shower help!
Show Thy mercy!
On his heart.
On my heart.
We adore Thee
Make me soft
Make me kind
Understanding
Make me wise
Make my eyes
Only for you
Give me wings
A turn to sing
Please console him
Past my reach
Send my heart
A little farther
All to give
All to love
All I have now
Open wide
come inside
One Soft Thing Now
Is thine own
Is thine own
and ever shall be
In the night
I send you light,
Understanding
Please see me
Take comfort please
You aren't forsaken.
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