Friday, 29 May 2015

Your Love, O God, is So All-embracing (Little Canticle 9)


Altar Cross beside Galilee

Your love, O God, is so all-embracing, I cannot fully comprehend it.
Your beauty is so glorious that I dare not look on it.
Your wisdom is so deep, I cannot broach it.
Your power is so justly exercised, I marvel at its equity.
Your creation is so magnificent, I am in constant awe of it.

O tender Saviour, Gracious Comforter, Divine Creator,
let me, your wondering creature,
bear the testimony of your love,
beauty, wisdom and power;
that those who know me
may understand it is your nature that inspires me,
and your mercy that upholds me, all my days.