You may remember that when researching different kinds of prayer I mentioned that one could write one's own psalm and that I was going to do this. I finally did it at the conclusion of my afternoon prayer and it just flowed out of me so I am going to share it here. I love the refrain:
Let us sing with joy, shout our glee!
The Lord loves both you and me!
I rejoice even in my weakness
God is my strength and always with me.
Let us sing with joy, shout our glee!
The Lord loves both you and me!
Let us sing with joy His praises
Let us give thanks for all His gifts.
Let us sing with joy, shout our glee!
The Lord loves both you and me!
He loves me and provides all I need
He watches over me to keep me from harm.
Let us sing with joy, shout our glee!
The Lord loves both you and me!
With God at my side I do not fear
He calls me His beloved, loved unconditionally.
Let us sing with joy, shout our glee!
The Lord loves both you and me!
My home is deep in His Heart
I dwell immersed in His Love.
Let us sing with joy, shout our glee!
The Lord loves both you and me!
From His Heart I draw out love
To spread it far and wide.
Let us sing with joy, shout our glee!
The Lord loves both you and me!
His compassion flows through me
He desires we live in unity.
Let us sing with joy, shout our glee!
The Lord loves both you and me!
I see, in typing this, that I could make many changes but wanted to share it as it was written as I think it was under the influence of the Spirit and does express what I was feeling and that is what the Psalms do!
In the meantime, we need to pray that the big issues of immigration reform, the whole question of poverty in our own country and the world where people are without food and shelter, the environmental issues, and the need for peace in our world do not get neglected in the fight for religious liberty that is being waged by so many because of the contraceptive services in health care that are against the respect for life, but no one is fighting to get rid of the death penalty with the same intensity. These are the issues I am taking to prayer and trying to learn more about some of the injustices that are taking place in my own city. I suspect you will continue to hear more about this from me as the Society of the Sacred Heart's Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation international commission has all of us on a Journey from Lent to Pentecost with a booklet full of reflection questions. I like the booklet as it is also making us reflect more on the words of our own Constitutions.
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