Why do I fear?
God is here,
deep within-
covering nakedness,
mothering boldness,
sustaining exuberance,
restraining insolence,
siring insight,
firing lovelight,
fulfilling hollowness,
instilling hallowedness
of lung, limb, and life
with tongued fire and crossed strife-
through Christ's indwelling,
outwelling, sorrow-quelling,
joy-swelling victory-
warm love straining
to be heard, to be loved,
yet quiet as a craning ear in silent expectation,
as simple and lonely as a man's sigh,
as rich and crowded as God's sea
in which I swim to eternity
alone in crowded company-
I, a mere glint of God's light,
a mere hint of his might,
yet having the mint of his Son on my heart:
a cross sweeping to God's glorying
and a love flaming with God's worrying-
Christ about me,
in me,
with me,
today the darkening fierce joy of God's sorrow
and then the tranquil swift dawn of God's tomorrow.
Why then, do I fear?
God is here,
deep within,
forever:
Life grandly vibrant,
Love scandalously flagrant,
yet heart quietly homing
and Lord wisely lording.
But, then, - why do I fear?
...fear...fear...fear...
--David J. Hassel SJ
*I read these words late this evening, and found myself immediately immersed in them, as if they were my own...prayers. May whoever reads these words find themselves turning against fear and swimming upstream and into the sea of God's Peace*
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