In need of corporal works, He left

April 19, 2014 at 9:36 am · Filed under Ave Maria Florida and tagged: corporal works of mercy, Triduum, Way of the Cross

To lose – to give my self – to love*

From crib to cross the life He led
Was feeding us and being fed

In giving all He had to give
His body: food, that I might live

Yes from that wood He wished to feed
His flock by giving me His need

Such wounded need, to give me heaven
The Lamb in need of works, all seven

Evicted from His temple home (1)
Imprisoned by the man from Rome (2)

Sickened by each brutal blow (3)
A grimmer day no man could know

Naked (4) and deprived of bread (5)
And thirsting so (6), and finally dead (7)

In need of corporal works, He left
A humble gift for His bereft

That strengthens us to ever give
To ‘suage His need in those who live

His gift to me was being killed
By giving so was He fulfilled

I too must lose my “self” to find
The dest’ny of my heart and mind

To lose – to give my self – to love
A humble moon, reflection of

The gleaming giving Trinity
I seek and hope to ever be

And thus I hope to ever see
In glory His Divinity

By losing everything, I gain
By losing, everything I gain

A family’s Way of the Cross*

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