General (Vol. 2)

Article Sections

Contents

  1. A Small Voice
  2. Aspects of Motherhood
  3. When Jesus Stands Before Me
  4. The Revolution
  5. I Cannot Bear to See the News
  6. Disaster
  7. Ways of Praying
  8. Five Thousand
  9. When the Colour Runs Out
  10. For Mission
  11. Life Songs
  12. Exploring Theodicy And Dorothy Soelle
  13. Salute the Dawn
  14. World Harvest
  15. Dona Nobis
  16. I give
  17. How Do You Know?
  18. War and Peace
  19. Security
  20. Risk
  21. Behind the Tomb
  22. The Fall in Question
  23. Clarity in Mystery
  24. Forever and Sublime
  25. Death's Shadow in a Kiss
  26. Beauty
  27. Dearest Jesus
  28. Deus Semper Maior
  29. The Parish Church
  30. The Earthly Pain of Jesus
  31. Amor Omnia Vincit
  32. Gospel Music
  33. Thy Glittering Throne Awaits The Throng
  34. Wisdom and Love
  35. Creativity
  36. Traditions
  37. God and His People
  38. Love is Supreme
  39. Liberation
  40. The Heavenly Balance
  41. The Impenetrable Core
  42. All Saints
  43. The Calling of Mary
  44. Christ Triumphant Dwells within Us
  45. On the Streets
  46. You and Me
  47. Revenge
  48. Hostages
  49. Earthly Glory
  50. Water of Life

Clarity in Mystery

  1. Praise to Our God of Covenant, deliverance and peace
    Who has defended us from harm while earthly woes increase;
    Who has been watchful of our ways, our folly and dissent
    And even in return for hate has loved those who repent.
  2. The God of Covenant who set his fractious people free,
    Who led with cloud and fire through the desert and the sea;
    The God of the new Covenant of love and Eucharist
    Whose clarity in mystery is our most sacred tryst.
  3. The God of our deliverance from evil and distress,
    The single source of confidence, service and happiness;
    Whose commission to the Spirit to defend us from our foes
    Is the core of our exertion and our blanket of repose.
  4. The God of Peace most hard to find in turbulence and pain
    Dwells with the helpless victim to encourage and sustain;
    Most strong protector of our souls when earthly prospects fade,
    Who loves us even though we have defaced the world He made.
  5. Of all the gifts that God has given free will is best and worst,
    Enabling us to reflect God with images reversed;
    We are his hands, his words, his heart in human form deployed
    To do His work of wresting holy order from the void.
  6. We gather here in thanks and praise, to strengthen and renew
    Our vow to use Your gifts to offer more than hitherto;
    We are resolved to love against indifference and wrong,
    To think of You as writer, singer, audience and song.