AN ALLEGORY FOR SIN - LUKE 5:12-15, Mk 1;40, Mt. 8:2

The leper limped his way
before the Lord,

He was a mass of putrefying flesh,

Revolting and disgusting.

A choking, reeking stench emanates.

Sickened to my stomach,

I almost retch and shudder,

As I look away.

My reaction is,

Bereft of love,

Bereft of charity.

I hear a gasp,

The crowd dumbfounded,

Is aghast at the approach,

Of the wretched man,

Who dropping to the ground,

Begins to cry,

 “Lord, if You will,

You can make me clean.”

His distress aroused 

Compassion,
In the tender heart of God

Where mercy overflows.

The leper dared to hope,
When he beheld the Lord

And God in turn did touch

The seething mass of dying flesh

And said “I will. Be healed!”

,

Forthwith he’s whole again,

But just his body.
Not his soul.

The miracle 
Is incomplete,

Until he stands before a priest,

Who will declare him free 
Of the disease.

This will seal the work

God has begun.

I too did reek of sin,

And leprous was my soul,

Until I fell upon my knees,

And I confessed,

“Bless me father, I have sinned.”

Mercy overflowed,

God healed me and restored

All I had lost.

Absolved in Jesus’ Name

My soul is clean again,

My Lord has made me whole.

-Myra D'Souza 
March 07, 2018

A CONDUIT OF GRACE (The Sacrament of Matrimony)

A CONDUIT OF GRACE  

(Sacramental Marriage)

Too often it’s been found that love,

No matter how sublime,

Cools the heat of ardor,

When ill winds bear testing times.

Neither pledge nor promise,

Nor plighting troth suffice,

To love, honor and cherish,

Without self sacrifice.

Love comes with no guarantees,

That present bliss won’t pale,

As the cross grows heavier,

Marriage vows can flail.

If God is not a witness to,

The oaths the two will swear,

Wedding vows are easily,

Renounced should either err.

The dreary drag of custom,

Can douse the keenest blaze,

Hence this wondrous Sacrament,

Is Christ’s conduit of grace.

Myra D’Souza – 11^th September 2014

GOD'S DIVINE TOUCH

Divinity is tangible,
In every Sacrament,
God touches man thru’ Christ His Son,
In His New Covenant.

The Sacraments alone provide,
The strength our spirit needs,
To overcome temptation as,
We live each day the Creed.

At Baptism the Gifts received,
Help us encounter Christ,
No longer slaves to sin we walk,
As children of the Light.

Empowered by God's Spirit,
Let us run the race,
So when our life comes to a close,
We’ll meet Christ face to face.

Myra D'souza - 22 April 2014