An acrostic meditation.
Jesus is Lord! Let the whole universe proclaim it. Jesus is Lord! Let the whole earth rejoice.
Eternity is his dwelling place:
there he reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit in everlasting glory
Salvation comes through him
alone: to those who love him and acknowledge him to be the Lord, he has
promised eternal life.
Unbounded love is poured out on
us from the throne of his cross: on that tree of shame he died for you and for
me.
"Surely, this was the Son of
God!" His words, his works, his humility, his love, his understanding, his
birth, his death, his resurrection, his ascension all testify to this
recognition, voiced by a Roman centurion.
Creation was by his hand: he
stands at the very firmament of time.
Happy, blessed and to be envied
are those who acknowledge him with the simple trust of a child.
Risen from death by the power of
the Holy Spirit, he assured us of life eternal.
Immortal, invisible, the only
wise God: in light now inaccessible to our eyes, he is one with the Father and
the Holy Spirit
Supplication to our God is made
through him, perfect God and perfect man: he is our intermediary before the
throne of grace,
Thanksgiving and praise are his
proper due: O raise your heart and your voice to him at all times and in all
places.
Sacrificed for you and for me,
he pleads for us and upholds us as his chosen ones.
O for a thousand tongues, to
sing this great redeemer's praise.
Nothing is impossible to him who
made us, sustains us and redeems us: he can break through the ramparts of evil
to save us from the depths of sin.
Ostracised, despised and
rejected by us, his love still stretches out, as it did from his brutal murder
upon a cross.
Forgiveness is his, for all who seek
it, in humility and truth.
God of God, Light of Light,
existing before the creation of the world: yet he knows you and me with loving
intimacy.
Omega and Alpha, both the end and
the beginning, is he.
Death has no more dominion over
us, through his resurrection triumph.
‘Suffering servant’ and ‘King of
Kings’ tell of his Godly paradoxes.
Almighty, Victorious; yet led as
a lamb to the slaughter.
Very God of very God; Mysterious
in his condescending to come to earth and sublime in his abandonment of power.
Immaculate in every way; yet
knowing every temptation through his own human experience
Obedient to death, even the
death of the cross.
Uplifted on the cross, even for
me, sinner that I am.
Resurrected also for me; through
him I live in complete assurance of eternal life. Praise God for his gift of
Jesus, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Other Little Canticles (similar in format) can be accessed HERE
Other Little Canticles (similar in format) can be accessed HERE