27 August 2009

Light and Shadow

POEMS ARE SONGS OF THE HEART AND SOUL


One month from now
I will walk in the aisle of the chapel
To offer myself as an offering of love
A holocaust for the service of the kingdom.


I’m asking myself
Is this your most Holy Will of God?
Is this authentic or a mere deception?
I might get wrong your mind dear God


O my child
Don’t you know that I’ve consecrated you
When you were still in the womb of your mother
to be my own.

Why are you still in doubt?
Are not my care, love, guidance and grace
Not enough for you to prove that I love you?
I want you as my own.


Dear God, yes I’m afraid
But I’m very thankful that you chose me
To be your very own
You stayed with me from child.

Help me to be secured in your hands
Never doubting, never seeking for comfort
Never waiting for praises and recognition
From others beside you.

Help me to respond to your will
With courage, with faith, with love
Keep me be attentive and listening to you
Every moment of my life. Amen.

Dialogue with God

POEMS ARE SONGS OF THE HEART AND SOUL




This morning I began to ask myself
Do I need to be talented and intelligent
in order to be known?
Is there greatness on this?
Do I have to be popular in order to be a nun?



There’s no greatness on such
Remember what I have said
Let the children come to me
For to them belong the kingdom of God



O Lord why should I aspire for greatness
You are with me.
You alone are my desire
To possess in my life
I’m already yours, and I possessed you already
My heart belongs to you.

I am still insecure not to be recognized
Afraid in my passiveness to contribute
So weak and limited to give.



I don’t need your talents
What I need is your “yes”.
Yes to my will, a heart to love me and others
A freedom to be the best of yourself.



Yes, Lord, true greatness is
Not surmountable to my talents
To the intelligence and my being active
But by the deeds which could do a lot of miracles
To the troubled hearts,
To the stony hearts
To the world of hatred,
Revenge, competition and jealousy.



One day I will come to deliberate you
From the world and take you to my Father in heaven.


photo of Waterfall Pictures





I am God´s Creation

POEMS ARE SONGS OF THE HEART AND SOUL




I’m a wonderful creation of God
Full of wonder and mystery
A unique creature – so rare and precious
So delicate and fragile.



God has granted my being
A feeling to feel his love
A mind to know his thoughts   
A heart to feel his love.



He has created me
In his image and likeness
He has breathed me with life
He has filled my soul with his being.



God is gentle and kind.
He graciously formed me.
He carved me into a stature he wanted me to be
He gently placed me in his palm.



O Yahweh, your love is beyond compare
Your thoughts are beyond my comprehension
You are so good
Your love is without measure.



As you have created me and formed me
Help me not resist your hands
Which gently molds my life and be open to your transforming love.



Make me an open person
Open to be formed and broken
Open to be lost and found
Open to be loved and hated
Open to be accepted and rejected
Open to your will – everyday
Open to see you in myself, others and the world
In your creation and in the church. Amen.

26 August 2009

Pangarap

Mulang pagkabata’y, mga mata’y

Namulat sa pagibig

Makapaglingkod sa tao’t sa Diyos

Ay inaasam-asam nitong aking puso

Diyos na maawain at mapagkalinga

‘di bibiguin adhikain ng isang bata

ngayo’y pangarap na isang ganap

aking minimithi-mithi


1986 mga ilang araw at buwan na lamang

kaganapan ng isang pangarap

ay matatamasa

subali’t may mga gulo at bagabag

na dumarating sa aking isipan at puso

ano ang mangyayari pa?


Panginoon, nalalaman mo ang adhikain

Ng isang kaluluwa

Batid mo ang mabuti

Batid mo ang magiging bukas.


Sa iyo o panginoon

Ibinibigay ko ang aking sarili

Mangyari nawa ang kalooban mo sa akin. Amen.

Panaghoy

Ako’y nahihirapan dini sa ating buhay

Punong-puno ng misteryo’t kababalaghan

Hindi matalagahan, ni malaman ang kinabukasan.


Hiwaga’y nababalot sa bawat buhay

Malabong isipin ang paroroonan

Kay Yahweh lamang ang sagot ng ating gustong malaman.

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