Do not.......

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep,
I am the diamond glints in the snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quite birds in circlrs flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there; I did not die.
~Author Unknown

One Day

Better is one day in you courts
I will sit at the door
Being a gate keeper
Just to be close to you
To hear your voice
Calling out to me by name
Touch the deepest hurts of my
soul
Hearing the still small voice
Calling out to me
To let go
And give to you
The heartache and fears
That it is not mine to hold
You call to my soul
To let your love wash over me
Your healing power
Forgiveness of our transgrations
Better is one day
Then a thousand any were else

Calling

Be near to me and I to you
You are mine
I have called you by name to
come
I know the day and hour of your
coming and going
This heartache of this moment
All of it known
Every tear that falls
I am there with breaking heart
and tears falling
My daughter beloved child
Look upon my Son
The price has been payed
No greater love
Have you bor heard my calling to
you to come
Lay down your broken heart
Your way not lost
Wondering and lonely
So, far away from your love
From your loving embrace
Can it be that I was running
From the One calling
As I sit in stillness of night
Given such great blessings
The tears seen
Understanding
Love and mercy

Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is doubt, faith; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning thay we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Never Been Unloved

A few days ago this song came on the radio at a time when I was feeling quite down and unlovable. So, many times over the past few weeks I have need to hear this song. As one of the line loosely say, "I have been undesirable but never unlovable." Even at my worst times I am loved.

Time

If I could sum up what the past year and half has been full of joy and heart ache. The loss of my grandma to the joy of the Holy Saturday of 2009. There is differently a lot more that I have been seeing with in my family. The longing for healing of loved ones. The toll that it has taken words fall short. The healing power of music has given my heart the rest and comfort. Knowing that before there was time. I was loved. That I was known by name. "Before there was time....."

I Have Loved You With An Everlasting Love Fr. Michael Joncas cover

"Thus says the LORD: 'The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you." Jeremiah 31:2 to 3

What a great comfort the readings for the Mass have been a comfort to me this week. This song I have love you with an everlasting love. Came to mind as I prayed with the first reading from Tuesday August 3. Reminding once again that I am loved with a love that lasts forever. Is something I can not get my heart and mind around. Yet, this love is made real each time I am present at Mass. Present in the time of prayer and to those I run into day to day. Being able to share the love that I have been given. Who is it that you need to love today or is it you that needs to feel the love of God?