Meditations on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary - The Visitation
A Joyful Lamentation
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A Lenten lamentation in key of A, reflecting our sadness and sorrow as we recall past sins, even as we give thanks and praise for our joy, knowing Christ recreates us again and again through His forgiveness and His redeeming grace. (Written March 2017)
(In A Minor)
I have
No desire, Lord,
But to love You.
Show me Your way.
My soul,
Like hot burning sand, Lord.
Parched. Dry.
Barren of life.
Apart from You
Life has no meaning.
No joy. No light.
No health in me.
You know my heart, Lord.
It’s too full of hardness.
Too worldly.
Too empty of You.
***
(Transition to A Major)
Yet here You are, Lord,
Your arms wrapped around me.
Lighting my way.
Guiding me home.
Loving me clean, Lord.
Forgiving me all things.
Fill me with wonder.
Make me your own.
***
(In A Minor)
You know my heart, Lord.
It’s too full of darkness.
Too proud.
Too sure.
My sins, Lord,
Have brought tears and sadness.
Flayed Your precious flesh, Lord,
At Calvary
***
(Transition to A Major)
But still Your love, Lord,
So undeserved.
Washes us clean
With Your blood.
And here I am, Lord,
Protected in Your embrace
My life lived for You.
Let Your light shine through me.
Show me Your face.
(Finish with an A Minor chord)
*******
With Love, from Mary Adrienne, through God’s miraculous grace.
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About the Author
Mary Adrienne is a contemplative writer, posting at www.WalkingWithMyBrother.net since 2013. More recently, she also posts at Walking With My Brother at Substack.
A Catholic convert of 20 years, she mostly shows, rather than describes, her developing relationship with Christ, offering her journal meditations on scripture and musings on how her deepening faith in Christ is calling her to conduct her life and relationships.
Some have asked why she writes and shares her stories about getting to know Christ. She tells of the story in Matthew, when just ahead of His final entry into Jerusalem, Christ tells the disciples to go into a village and find a donkey tied with a small colt and bring it to Him. He told them, if anyone asked why they were doing this to tell them, ‘because the Master needs them.’ So, too, does she believe the Master wants each of us to share our stories of Him and His walk with us.
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