General (Vol. 1)

Article Sections

Contents

  1. The Drama of Life
  2. River of Baptising Water
  3. Faith, Hope and Love
  4. God's Earth
  5. Nicodemus
  6. Wedding
  7. Relationships
  8. Mothers
  9. Forgiveness
  10. Testaments
  11. The Bethanies
  12. Retrenchment
  13. Donkeys
  14. Learning
  15. Catastrophe
  16. Mercy
  17. Shepherd
  18. The Trinity and its Virtues
  19. Lamb and Shepherd
  20. Peter's Burden
  21. Grandmother
  22. Confirmation
  23. The Way, The Truth and The Life
  24. Puzzles
  25. Comfort
  26. Bethlehem's Legacy
  27. The Church on Earth
  28. Mary's Pentecost
  29. Prayer
  30. Always
  31. Power
  32. Trinity
  33. Responsibility
  34. Strength
  35. Everyone Can Call Upon Jesus
  36. Unity
  37. Jesu of the Desert
  38. Judgment
  39. Sacrifice
  40. Pressure
  41. God in Us
  42. Vocation
  43. Commitment
  44. Jesus of All the Ages
  45. The Spiral
  46. Commendations
  47. Retreat
  48. Lamb, Child, Servant, Shepherd, Priest
  49. The Path
  50. For Victims of Human Failure

Mothers

Part i.

  1. Mother of Jesus, mother of all,
    Pray at our faltering,
    Pray when we fall,
    Smile for our triumphs
    No matter how small,
    Mother of Jesus,
    Mother of all.

  2. Mother of Nazareth,
    Mother of days,
    Pray for our stubborn
    And unthinking ways,
    Pray for our worrying,
    Doubts and delays,
    Mother of Nazareth,
    Mother of days.

  3. Mother of Calvary,
    Mother of pain,
    Pray that we learn
    To see losses as gain,
    Pray that in sorrow
    Our love stays the same,
    Mother of Calvary,
    mother of pain.

  4. Mother of heaven,
    Intercede for the earth,
    By His birth ensure
    That we come to re-birth
    Through His Grace
    As the true reckoning of our worth,
    Mother of Heaven,
    Intercede for the earth.

Part ii.

  1. Mother, we thank you for your love
    And your unfailing care,
    For calm in spite of troubled times
    And for the peace we share:
    Thanks for our loved ones and for love
    Which leave us with the space
    To make our hearts more open
    To the harmony of grace.

  2. Remind us never to assume
    That we are somehow set
    Apart from those whose one mistake
    Brings permanent regret:
    Help us to see how close we are
    To those we would despise,
    Those with worse luck or weaker wills
    But equal in your eyes.

  3. Restrain our quickness to condemn,
    Our urge to judge and deal;
    Make us more prompt and generous
    To pacify and heal:
    Help us, within our family life,
    To pause, reflect and bow,
    More conscious of our weakness then
    Than of our power now.

  4. Mother, when we have done our best
    To value what is given,
    Plead that the chasm can be bridged
    Between our hope and heaven:
    Teach us to thread the labyrinth
    With the lifeline of His Grace,
    Leading us as a family
    To the life of His embrace.

Part iii.

  1. For those who fail, whose love is shattered,
    Who have forgotten what once mattered,
    Careless, hopeless, homeless scattered,
    Let Your love prevail.

  2. For foes and strangers to Your blessing,
    Whose lives are sordid and depressing,
    Whose lack of will we find distressing,
    Let Your love prevail.

  3. May every sinner hear You calling,
    For broken hearts and souls bring healing,
    Infuse indifferent minds with feeling,
    Let Your love prevail.

  4. May our compassion lead to action,
    May we bring unity from faction,
    May we put love before attraction,
    Let Your love prevail.

  5. May we give more than we are given,
    May we be shepherded, not driven,
    May earthly love foreshadow heaven,
    Let Your love prevail.