September 29, 2009
Belief and New Birth~ A Reading for my Spiritual Birthday
Salt Grass at Noon Cape San Blas FL
God,whose goodness is not exhausted,
whose mercy is not emptied out
whose knowledge does not fail
whose power can effect what You will:
Whence shall I ever be able to get back life
who have thus been driven
desparate by my sins?
For if you are angry against sinners,
at least kind Lord,
you are accoustomed to give counsel
to those who plead with you
Teach me O Lord,
Whence I ought to hope
so that I can pray
For I long to pray to you
but I neither know how because of my ignorance
nor am I able to because of my hardness
And I am forbidden to do it by dispair
because of my sins
I seek for something that will excuse me
and there is nothingthat does not accuse me
I seek for someone who will pray for me
and I find whatever exists is against me
I seek for someone to have mercy upon a wretch
and all that has being opposes the wretch
Jesus Good Lord
Why did you come down from heaven,
What did you do in the world
to what end did you give yourself over to death
unless it was that you might save sinners?
Saint Paul what did you teach?
when you were passing through this world?
God and his apostles and you most of all
invite us sinners to faith
you show us this as our only safe refuge
How then should I not hope if I believe this and ask in faith
How can this hope be frustrated in me
if that faith does not fail me
from which it was born?Saint Anselem
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