I love You, Lord, of my ancestors Poem 18

Poem - 18

I love You, Lord, of my ancestors
May I honor You O' Lord with all my strength
May I  sing a new song to honor You
Lord, I pay homage to You in this foreign land

Lord, how can I serve You
In the midst of an alien nation
I feel, I must keep quiet and say nothing
But how can I keep my mouth shut

My heart and my bones are burning
With the fire of your love
I may wound myself to show you my love
I will sing and praise Your Holy Name

O, Lord, the beauty of your House amazes me
The Holy Sanctuary where your Holy of Holies resides
Is most precious in my sight while I kneel before You
How beautiful your dwelling place

Lord, You looked at me from your Holy Tabernacle
Your Mercy and Love engulf me all the time
Lord, You lit the Candle of love in my heart
To burn away all my malice and weakness

Your House is the model of paradise
The angels and saints are gathered here
To worship you in Spirit and Truth
And to dwell with You is my eternal happiness.

The rampart of your House is beautiful
Day after day we come to worship You
In Your House we gather whole heartedly
May my musings be pleasing to You

Lord You made me, to know You.
Accepting Your Holy Word whole heartedly
Came not by my own goodness or power
But by Your Mercy Lord, You made a home in me.

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Lord, may be this might be my last day on earth Poem 17

Poem - 17

Lord, may be this might be my last day on earth!

Lord, may be this is my last day on earth to worship You
But you still love me, and you love all without any difference
Lord, you gave me today Your Body and Blood to nourish me
Lord, this was Your promise to give me the eternal life

Lord, may be this is my last day on earth to remember Your mercy
Your mercy engulf me with many blessings
But I am wretched and poor, look for unworthy worldly things
Lord, You gave me one more day on earth to glorify You

Lord, may be this is my last day on earth to work for You
How I spent my worthy time with many things of this world
You told me "But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen
You are descendent  of Abraham my friend,

Lord, may be this is my last day on earth to love You
'Whom I have taken to myself, from the remotest parts of the earth
And summoned from countries far away,
To whom I have said, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you,
I have not rejected you,’ do not be afraid,
For I am with you; do not be alarmed, for I am your God
I give you strength and courage truly I help you,
Truly I hold you firm with my saving right hand.'

Lord, may be this is my last day on earth to make music for You
Lord, let me sing a new song to you in the midst of Your holy people
May I sing the songs to bless Your Holy Name
You are most worthy and more awesome than any other gods
Look, all those who rage against you will be put to shame
Lord, you made many humiliated those who hurt me
Lord, pardon them, they do not know what they are doing.

Lord, may be this is my last day on earth to be an instrument for You
Lord said, "those quarrels with you will be reduced to nothing
You will look for them but will not find them,
Those who used to fight you will be destroyed and brought to nothing,
Those who made war on you will be perished
Lord, bless those who persecuted me on earth,
They are my benefactors to help me to climb the divine ladder.

Lord, may be this is my last day to honour You on earth
"For I, Lord, your God, I grasp you by your  right hand;
I tell you, ‘Do not be afraid, I shall help you."
Lord, You honour me by giving me the knowledge about You

Lord, may be this is my last day to glorify You on earth
Lord, still am not able to do, what You ask me to do
But am a useless servant, done no more than my duty
Lord, when can I leave this world; to reach in Your presence

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Oh Come God’s Holy People Poem 16

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Come O’ come God’s holy people

Let us praise His Holy Name

Let us go to His Holy Temple,

In Bethlehem where our Saviour was born

          All saints and angels are gathered here,

          To visit our Mighty King in a manger

          Let us praise our Father in Heaven

          For His wonderful gift to all nations

Lord let us enter into that door of humility

To achieve the goal of entering your presence

Lord, your angels and saints are waiting for us

To guide us to climb your Holy Mountain

Lord; give us the holy tears

By fill our hearts with repentance

Lord; the tears are your blessing

To make your holy men humble and meek

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God's Holy Face

Part III

Lord, do not hide your face away from me, Lord my saviour. I am trembling with the fear of You. Lord, I am blessed with a wonderful companion, Your Mother and mine as well. My earthly life will be fade away at any time, like the breath stay for a moment ‘For I am your servant, son of your serving maid, a feeble man with little time to live, with small understanding of justice and the laws’. (Wis. 9: 5)

Lord, You turn Your Face to the upright and never abandoned him in the wilderness. Lord, look at me and pour Your Mercy on me a sinner. ‘For Yahweh is upright and loves uprightness, the honest will ever see his face.’ (Ps. 11: 7)

Lord, when I am in the way of holiness and with the love of you I could see you in wonderful visions of Your mysteries ‘But I am my uprightness will see your face, and when I awake I shall be filled with the vision of you. (Ps. 17:15)

Lord, you always heard my prayer and answered me. ‘For he has not despised nor disregarded the poverty of the poor, has not turned away his face, but has listened to the cry for help’ (Ps. 22: 24)

My saviour and my Lord do not reject me from your kingdom, and do not forsake me.

‘Yahweh hear my voice as I cry, pity me answer me! Of you my heart has said, ‘seek his face!’ Your face, Yahweh, I seek; do not turn away from me. Do not thrust aside your servant in anger, without you I am helpless. Never leave me; never forsake me, God my saviour.’(Ps. 27: 8-9)

Lord, fix your eyes on me and make me shine in your presence. ‘Let your face shine on your servant, save me in your faithful love’ (Ps. 31: 16)

Lord, you said to David you never take away your eyes from him, Lord, instruct me and teach me your statues to stay in your presence. ‘I shall instruct you and teach you the way to go; I shall not take my eyes off you’ (Ps. 32: 8)

Yahweh’s eyes are always on the upright one; those who are doing the will of God. Lord, where can we hide from you, your eyes has the power of ten thousand folds of the light of Sun. Lord, mould my heart to make a home for you.   

‘From heaven Yahweh looks down, he sees all the children of Adam,

From the place where he sits he watches

All who do dwell on the earth?

He alone moulds their hearts,

He understands all they do.’(Ps.33: 13-15)

Lord, I am fixing my eyes on your mighty glory; send your light on me and save me. ‘Fix your gaze on Yahweh and your face will grow bright; you will never hang your head in shame.’(Ps. 34: 5)

But Lord, you fix your eyes on those who do evil. ‘But Yahweh’s face is set against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.’(Ps. 34:16)

Lord, when I can see your face? ‘I thirst for God, the living God; when shall I go to see the face of God?’(Ps. 42: 2)

Lord, do not hide your face from me; otherwise I will lose my hope in You. ‘Why do you turn face away, forgetting that we are poor and harassed?’(Ps. 44:24)

Lord, pardon my sins and cleanse me from all evil I do. ‘Turn away your face from my sins, and wipe away all my guilt.’(Ps. 51: 9)

Lord, your eyes are always looking the men who are asking your mercy. Bless us Lord and fill our heart with the thirst to seek you. Lord, open the heart and mind of your children to seek you wholeheartedly. ‘God looks down from heaven at the children of Adam, to see if single one is wise, a single one seeks God.’(Ps. 53: 2).But to whom shall He looks? Lord, make me humble, give me the true Godly repentance, and make my heart tremble by hearing Your Holy Word. ‘But my eyes are drawn to the person of humble and contrite spirit, who trembles at my word’ Is. 66.2. Lord fills our heart with His fear and love. Lord, let your love pour on us and let us shine like the bright stars in the sky. ‘God Sabaoth, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.’(Ps. 80: 7, 80: 19)

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God's Holy Face

Part II

Lord, only you can put the happiness in our heart. Only you can give the joy and peace in our heart. ‘Many keep saying ‘who will put happiness before our eyes?’ Let the light of your face shine on us. Yahweh, to my heart you are a richer joy than all their corn and new wine’ (Ps. 4: 6-7). Lord, when we see your face I feel your outpouring grace on me.

Lord, I am a sinner, help me to reconcile with you to see your radiant Holy Face ‘You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; no sinner can be your guest. Boasters cannot stand their ground under you gaze.’(Ps. 5: 5) Yes Lord, your face is always hidden for the wicked. The boasters and hypocrites cannot approach you.

Lord, forgive us for our lack of wisdom and faith in knowing the truth. Lord do not forget us, and do not hide your Face from us. But against the wicked you turn your face away from them. ‘God forgets, he has turned away his face to avoid seeing the end’ (Ps. 10:11) Lord, you see everything that is hidden in our heart and mind.

Lord when you created Adam and while you formed his face, you made it in Jesus’ Your Son’s own image Gen.1: 26. Genesis 1:26 (NJB) ²⁶ God said, ‘Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures that creep along the ground.’ You were never hardened Your Holy Face towards our wickedness, but you were always merciful to us sinners.

Lord, because of our sin you were sentenced for torturing and even death on the Cross. But none of us realised this in our generation. Lord, we all neglected your merciful eternal love. Lord, forgive us for all our rebellious actions towards you.    ‘Forcibly, after sentence, he was taken. Which of his contemporaries was concerned at his having been cut off from the land of the living, at his having been struck dead for his peoples’ rebellion?’ (Is. 53: 8.)

You never uttered a word to your persecutors; you never complaint and were kept quiet. This way you won the heart of Heavenly Father to give us inheritance of your Kingdom. Lord, only you can carry our sins. ‘Ill treated and afflicted, he never opened his mouth, like a lamb led to the slaughter –house, like as sheep dumb before its’ Shearer’, he never opened his mouth. (Is. 53:7)

You never done a sin either, but you were counted as a sinner for our sake. You never hide your face to anyone who seeks you. Lord let me see your face in my sorrows, in my persecutions, in the darkness, in all my weaknesses and in all my ways.  ‘Although, he had done no violence, had spoken no deceit. It was Yahweh’s good pleasure to crush him with pain; if he gives his life as a sin offering. He will see his offspring and prolong his life and through him Yahweh’s good pleasure will be done’. (Is. 53: 9-10)

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God's Holy Face

Part I
A consecration to the Holy Face

Lord, Jesus I give thanks to you that you have made me know your Holy Face. It was on the Feast day of the Holy Trinity, after the Mass in Jebal Ali Church I came to the camp and I was just reading the passage from the Prayers of St. Therese of Lisieux (chapter 11 & 12) I was so touched by her love for Jesus Christ and her attitude towards His Holy Face, and it was contemplative. (Then I remembered the time when I came to Jesus I was just going through the word of God, and not understanding anything. Then I remember when Br. Joemon has given me Is. 53 to read and meditate. When I read this, it was so touched and my heart was filled with the image of Jesus’ blood stained face. St. Therese was so touched by this particular chapter of Isaiah 53 and ‘They were the foundation of all her piety’. In her own words “I too, have desired to be without beauty, alone in treading the wine press, unknown to everyone”, yes indeed! Like Mother Mary she never tried to be known to anyone.

I felt I would write a song in her honour and the Spirit of God was guiding me to write this.

St. Therese, St. Therese, of child Jesus

Oh Little Flower; of God’s own garden

Pray for us, pray for us, poor souls,

Pray for us, pray for us, poor sinners.

          You saw the Face of Jesus our Lord,

          In the light of His eternal glory,

          When we see Him face to face,

          Pray for us, to share His eternity…... (Pray for us.)

You wrote the prayers; in the heart of Jesus

Together we do the sacrifice, for the poor souls

An act of oblation we make for God,

To save the poor sinners, for Jesus…....(Pray for us.)

          You prayed to Jesus; wholeheartedly,

          In his Holy Heart you rest in peace.

          When you walk with Jesus hand in hand

          Tell my sorrows to Him graciously… (Pray for us.)

         

Oh my Little Flower! Together we can search the Face of our Lord and pray for the salvation of many souls. Lord your beauty was snatched away by our sins Is.53: 2.We betrayed you without any reason and we are not able to see your Face, because it is blood stained. ‘We averted our gaze, despised, for whom we have no regard’ Is. 53:3. Lord we never respect you and never consider you, as you are our creator and our only God. But you bear all our sins in a pleasant way; and with a smiling face you are looking to us. Lord, we have no regard about your suffering.

But we thought God was punished you for your guiltiness Is.53: 4-5.

‘Yet ours were the sufferings he was bearing,

Ours the sorrows he was carrying,

While we thought of him as someone being punished

And struck with affliction by God;

Where as he was being wounded for our rebellions,

Crushed because of our guilt;

The punishment reconciling us fell on him,

And we have been healed by his bruises.’

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