OUR FATHER
To You, Lord, full of love and light,
in heaven and everywhere,
where Your name is always blessed,
always sanctified, in constant and eternal goodness.
To You, Lord, we present our prayer:
to deliver Your kingdom of joy and understanding to us.
Your will be done, not ours, here, where we are, there where
You are and where we will one day be; the bread of health,
the disposition to work, to understand and be understood, to
love and be loved, give us today and always, Lord.
Although we still walk in sin, give us Your forgiveness and teach
us how to pardon. To the child that still exists in each of us,
give, Lord, Your protection. Free us from evil, and help us
on the road to righteousness. Only Yours, Lord, only Yours, is
the power, the kingdom and the glory forever, for all time.
(Wanderlino Arruda)
You are my shepherd:
I have all I need.
In You, I rest, In you,
I work, In You, I rejoice.
In the pastures of the Lord,
the grass is emerald green,
the waters are at rest,
they refresh my soul.
You’re my guide,
on the trail of justice,
in love, in faith,
and in every human
effort each day.
Even though
I walk in the shadow of the valley
of death, because of You,
Lord, I fear nothing.
(Wanderlino Arruda)
LIGHT OF GOD
Light, brilliant light,
sparkling heavens,
prisms of intense light,
infinite textures of light,
He brings forth the rainbow:
rose, lilac, indigo,
violet, with wide strokes,
He paints: waiting dawn and deepening twilight.
He ordains white Breathing, luminous arctic light,
pure, virginal...without shade, without taint,
His brush, the whispering wind. His canvas… reds,
beiges and yellows, summer, fresh spring gold,
cool autumn rust, myriad tones, silent blue dawn, a
very early dawn, without clouds. Living immortality,
unknown forests, eternal steel, mountain heights,
endless plains, infinitude…
those of which King David sang,
and so tenderly loved… Horizons … rejoice!
(Wanderlino Arruda)
