May 27, 2011

My Journey to God

Here I Lie Prostrate

Submitted photo/Marie LeRoyOh, my God, here I lie
Prostrate in my gratefulness for Your creation.

Have pity on me
In my brokenness and in my solitude.

Strip me of my inequities
And sins, and all that keeps me from You.

Fill me with Your grace,
Your faith and peace, and Your love.

Make me white as snow
To glow in Your holy light and beautiful creation

So I may be someday worthy
To witness You in all Your splendid glory.

Oh God, Creator of all that is good,
Be with me, Your humble and grateful servant.

Help me, guide me, protect me
So I may help, guide and protect Your beautiful world.

Oh, my God, here I lie
Prostrate in my gratefulness for Your creation.

By Marie LeRoy

(Marie LeRoy is a member of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis. She wrote this poem “while on an amazing cruise to Antarctica” earlier this year. “My awe for God’s creation was forever altered on this trip of a lifetime,” she explained. Her photo of a penguin lying in the snow in Antarctica accompanies this poem.) †

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