BEGINNING ANEW
Open my lips to sing your praise,
Open my heart as my hands I raise,
Remove all blemish of sin’s dark trace,
And flood my poor soul with merciful grace.
Hasten my Lord to sweetly console,
To mend what is broken, and to make whole,
I vow to submit and yield all control,
To Your Holy Spirit enthroned in my soul.
Long have I wandered in perilous night,
Weakened by sin and its deadly blight,
Come Lord again and fill me with light,
Have pity on me, be moved by my plight.
Draw me out from the miry depths,
Blot every trace of sin’s dire effects,
Restored unto grace I now acquiesce,
Conform my weak will to Your holy precepts.
Myra D’Souza – 9 March 2017
