St Peters RC Church Hamilton

“IN ITS LIGHT MY SOUL CAN SEE” Thomas Moore

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him.” Romans 15 v 13

You can’t have your lives together, but often apart.
You can’t give of God’s love, less He lives in your heart.
You can’t know what’s ahead, around the next bend.
You can’t live with Christ’s wisdom, less God’s Spirit He does send.
You can’t know of the Father, except in Jesus the Christ.
You can’t forgive of life’s hurts, less you live in His light.

“ ‘No one can come to Me, except the Father who has sent Me, draw him/her’.” John 6 v 44

You can’t experience full living, but you die to yourself.
You can’t share in God’s riches, less you give away of His wealth.
You can’t enter the joy, without knowing some pain.
You can’t come through the loss, less you know Christ will remain.
You can’t access the Father, except through the Son.
You can’t enter God’s kingdom, less the Spirit’s work is begun.

“Jesus said to them again … ‘I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly!” John 10 v 7, 10

“ ‘I love You God, I trust You, I believe in You, I need You now’. Small things like that. They are
wonderful prayers.” Mother Teresa.

“Thy heaven on which ’tis bliss to look,
Shall be my pure and shining book,
Where I shall read, in words of flame,
Thy glories of Thy wondrous name.

There’s nothing bright above, below,
From flowers that bloom, to stars that glow.
But in its light my soul can see
Some feature of Thy Deity.

There’s nothing dark below, above,
But in its gloom I trace Thy love,
And meekly wait that moment when,
Thy touch shall turn all bright again.” Amen.
Thomas Moore 1779-1852

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