Sunday, September 8, 2024

The lame shall move with the gait of kings (Peter Steele, S.J.)


If you watch as you have not watched before 
you will see the morning 
begin to lace the darkness 
If you turn from the trail that has drawn you for ages 
and gaze at the fringes 
you will see the timber budding. 
If you lean from the place of your balance, 
your arms uplifted 
a rhythm will catch and lift you. 
For the Lord has come to his people, 
and the earth trembles with joy, 
the Father is kindling his fire on the earth, 
the Son is roving with life in his touch, 
the Spirit is rising though we are falling 
And the promise come true that brought us to birth 
the promise that lingered in the young and feeble 
the promise that drove us from evening to morning 
And the lame shall move with the gait of kings 
the broken flourish, the bound step forth 
and God exult among his children 
So name him, and find your name in his. 
Seek in the needy the light of his face 
lift up your hearts, today and forever. 

--Peter Steele, S.J. 

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