Prayer | My Lord and My God
My Lord and My God
Glorious Lord Christ:
The divine influence secretly diffused and active
In the depths of matter,
And the dazzling center
Where all the innumberable fibres of the manifold meet;
Power as implacable as the world and as warm as life;
You whose forehead is the whiteness of snow,
Whose eyes are of fire,
And whose feet are brighter than molten gold;
You whose hands imprison the stars;
You who are the first and the last,
The living and the dead and the risen again;
You who gather into your exuberant unity
Every mode of existence;
It is you to whom my being cries out
With a desire as vast as the universe:
“In truth you are my Lord and my God.”
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ
(From “Hearts on Fire” by Michael Harter, SJ)
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