Over last weekend, my community, ICPE Mission Singapore, was on retreat in Batam. We were privileged to have Father Shawn Wong, our fairly newly minted ICPE priest who now resides in Malta with us.
While there is much to still process, I was very much inspired by how we were led to reflect on how our thirst, fears, weaknesses and getting lost can be turned around, just as Saint Mother Teresa, Saint Peter, King David and Saint Ignatius did it by turning always to the One who pursues us.
Lord I never thought
You thirsted for me
As I thirst for you
But with so much more
Passion
Perseverance
Putting me to shame.
Will you please quell my fears
I’m rabidly anxious
Rife with craven responses
Making me small
Viciously mean
Not the me you created
So riddled am I with weakness
Morally lost, adrift
In a sea of seething chaos.
Please, please give me
the heart of Zacchaeus
A humble, contrite heart
You will not spurn
I say yes to You:
Yes that You must stay
in my house today.
Close to You
Making Your will mine
I can change my world
Set it on fire so all may find You
Even in arid darkness,
For You are my light.
Light that dissipates all fear
I may still be weak
But Your power
Surges through me
Perfection in action
I can be Your rock
For You are mine.
When I am lost
I will always find my way
Holy indifference
Finding You in all things
For Your every way is best.
Please put me not to the test
You who are strong and kind*.
* The song Jesus Strong and Kind is written by Rich Thompson, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, and Colin Buchanan
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