donderdag 10 maart 2022

echt-gebed

Second Series of Poems

Poem 1






O Jesus !

sometimes it's hard

to stay here in this world

among so many trials

and temptations.


Sometimes, Lord,

I feel I will not be able to reach you

because my own miseries

make me sink, suddenly.


From all that, save me Lord.

I don't want to offend Your Heart

with everything that sometimes seems

to have a life of its own within me.


Submerge me, Lord,

in the ocean of Your Mercy,

because I know that in this way You will purify me

of all my martyrdoms and condemnations

as many times as necessary.


Make disappear, dear Jesus,

that executioner that lives in me,

that judges me, that scares me

and that puts me in a place

with no way out.


Help me, Jesus, to be

what You so much long for.


May I always be able to feel

thirst for You and for Your Presence

so that, one day, my whole being

may learn to marry You.


Dear Jesus,

empty me of my human condition,

clean my lower consciousness of so many defects

and finally, Lord, place Your Peace

where I still cannot have it.


Because after all this inner struggle

I know You will triumph and make me worthy

to be able to be close to You forever

serving You for all eternity.


Amen.



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