good friday 2009

greetings!

i share nouwen's prayer...

"o dear Lord, what can i say to you?
is there any word that could come from my mouth,
any thought?
any sentence?
you died for me, you gave your life for my sins,
you not only became man for me
but also suffered the most cruel death for me.
is there any response?
i wish that i could find a fitting response...
but in contemplating your holy passion and death
i can only confess humbly to you
that the immensity of your divine love
makes any response seem totally inadequate.
let me just stand and look at you.
your body is broken, your head wounded,
your hands and feet are split open by nails,
your side is pierced.
your dead body now rests in the arms of your mother.
it is all over now.
IT IS FINISHED!
it is fulfilled.
it is accomplished.
sweet Lord, gracious Lord,
generous Lord, forgiving Lord,
i adore you,
i praise you,
i thank you.
you have made all things new
through your passion and death.
your cross has been planted in this world
as THE new sign of hope.

let me always live under your cross, o Lord,
aand proclaim the hope of your cross unceasingly.

amen...

shalom...

guy

there is HOPE!