Tag: god

Troubled

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
Whoever does not love me does not keep my words;
yet the word you hear is not mine
but that of the Father who sent me.
I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me tell you,
‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’
If you loved me,
you would rejoice that I am going to the Father;
for the Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you this before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe.”
—John 14:23-29

“Don't let your hearts be troubled,”
we hear the savior say;
in all our daily struggle
he says, “Be not afraid.”
But where shall we find courage
to do what must be done,
who see the way the world is
and feel that he is gone?

Yet peace he leaves behind him—
not as the world he gives—
and here and now we find him.
Yes, our redeemer lives,
and here he makes his dwelling:
Its doors are open wide.
Come, let us keep his telling!
He welcomes us inside.

The right hand of the Father
still stretches over us;
our savior and our brother
still walks with us in love.
His peace shall not diminish:
In triumph or defeat
his joy is yet within us
to make our joy complete.

Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio, 1601 – National Gallery, London web site, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=270022

Beatitude

Beatitudes, on the Fourth of July:

O, bless the poor in spirit, Lord,
with kingdoms at their feet,
and bless all who are simply poor:
Lay out for them your feast.

Bless, too, the hands that are not full,
who hunger and who thirst:
For them, let justice' waters roll
and every dam be burst.

And bless all those who mourn and weep:
Pour comforts in their hands.
And bless the humble and the meek:
Give them, at last, the land,

for we have had the rich and great,
and well we know their might,
but now the hour is getting late
and swiftly goes the light.

Give us the kingdom that we need
on earth as 'tis in heav'n.
Help us forgive—O, set us free!—
that we may be forgiv'n.

So teach us to be merciful
that we may mercy know,
to make the kingdom peaceable
and see you ever close. Amen.

Église Saint Aloyse béatitude 1 Photo By Sicarov – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=149373090