Ash Wednesday to Pentecost
Fast as my Courage Ebbs
- Fast as my courage ebbs before the storm,
The Spirit's onward rush is faster still,
No wind so bitter I will not be warm,
No cause so lost His hope cannot instill. - High as the pyre of indignation burns,
The Spirit's blaze outshines all human boast,
Searing God's mark on all earthly concerns,
Turning to ash the things we value most. - Wide as the universe of time and space,
The spirit's love spans regions wider yet,
Bearer beyond all graces of God's Grace,
Prize of all souls that reach beyond regret. - Blaze, Holy Spirit, deep within my heart
That it may be a furnace of Your power,
Engaged for You, not placid and apart,
A fount of molten love, a heavenly shower.