Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Diapsalmata


Life.
Ever needed. Ever sought. Ever present.

Life.
Streams. Unhindered. Rushing.

Life.
What more? What less? What end?

Life.
What was. What is. What is to come.

Life.
Ever needed. Ever sought. Ever present.

O Brilliant Light of Life!
O merciless lover of our souls.
Flood us I ask.
Quench us I pray.
Enliven us.

Teach us to sing:

Death!
O you vicious menace death!

Where is thy victory?
Where O death is thy painful sting?

Salvation belongs to the Lord.

Life.
Ever needed. Ever sought. Ever present.

AMEN.

//Ex Profundis//