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

Strength

  1. Stiffen the faith of those who preach
    The Gospel of Our Risen Lord,
    Whose resolution, under threat,
    Wavers in witness of The Word:
    And if we cannot speak ourselves
    At least be sure that we repeat
    Our timid protests of our faith
    Together in this safe retreat.

  2. Strengthen the hope of those who fail
    In earthly favour and success,
    Whose lives are catalogues of gloom,
    Resentment, loathing and distress:
    And if we think we lack the skill
    To rescue them from mental cold
    See that our welcome overflows
    With warmth when they are in our fold.

  3. Strengthen the hands of those who stretch
    Across the chasm with relief,
    Of famine, war and helplessness,
    Of torture, loneliness and grief:
    And if we cannot go ourselves,
    See that our emissaries bear
    Much more than we can well afford
    And thankful, deep, unstinting prayer.

  4. Strengthen our souls with priceless Grace
    Unjustified by love and prayer
    Whose necessary counterparts
    Are public praise and private care:
    And if we lack the strength to live
    In faith and hope and charity
    May we gain strength in offering
    Our weakness to the Trinity.