The Eloquence of Truth. Father Ralph Wright
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on some brief long-forgotten day,
the face of God — and will remain.
O may this joy beneath life's puzzling goad
each day explode!
BECOMING MAN
The humble moment
of total fusion
in darkness
and silence
seen by no one
heard by no one
felt by no one
a greater detonation
than any nuclear fission
and for a long while yet
no one will know it has happened.
WHEN GOD MADE YOU
When
God
made
you
there
was
silence
in
heaven
for
five
minutes.
Then
God
said:
“How come I never thought of that before?”
BIRTHDAY UTTERANCE
I have great joy
in knowing that you
have been
born
into the world
because
having been breathed
by God
into existence
you will never
be able
– like a bubble –
to pop
suddenly
back into nothingness
welcome
to this one great
champagne
dancing
party of being
and be
always
alive and utterly
grateful to Him
who
simply freely spontaneously
needlessly and
eternally
utters
THE MIST LIFTS
the mist lifts
for a moment
over the why of creation
as I see
God
making each person
with the identical
wonder and joy
of making
Jesus
EVERY CHRISTIAN MOTHER
every Christian mother
watches God
in her first-born
come
into the world
and with amazed
shocked
wonder
knows that the mystery
of Love
eluding
the handling of the mind
resembles more
twin squirrels
chasing each other
on either side
of a tree
than crashes of thunder
waking us at midnight
to Wagnerian lightning
GROUND FOR JOY
My past lies
in the merciful hands of God
my future
in his wise love
the present moment
in which I live
is of no duration
how then may fear win
mastery over my joy?
GOD LAUGHING
God laughing
me into being
and you too –
a joke to remember.
the mystery of light
GOD HAS CALLED US OUT OF DARKNESS
God has called us out of darkness
To the wonder of his light.
See your dignity, O Christian,
Rescued from eternal night.
See the glory of your calling,
Brothers, sisters of the Lord,
Calling God himself your Father
Through the love he has outpoured.
From the moment that he forms us
In the womb, until we die
We are his eternal children
With a destiny on high.
May we live by this great vision,
May we share this gift of sight,
May we serve beyond the darkness
All who hunger for the light.
Turn away from all corruption
Be a sign before the world
Of the love the Father shows us
In his gentle mighty Word.
Be the light upon the lampstand,
Be the city on the hill.
Be the men and women toiling,
Seeking but the Father’s will.
Father, hear your children call you
In the name of Christ your Son;
Send the Spirit whom he promised
That