Two Poems from my 2003, 2004 files

First here is a song from the Church pamphlet:

ES COMO UN RIO

Es como un rio, es la lluvia,

Es un soplo, es un fuego

es el Espíritu de Dios que quiere actuar.

Ahí va bajando, va cayendo,

va soplando, va ardiendo,

es el Espíritu de Dios que esta’ aquí.

Bajando en ti, cayendo en ti,

Soplando en ti, ardiendo en mí.

POEMS FOR QUIET MOMENTS:

 A NEW DRINK

 (September 29, 2003     8:30 a.m.)

 What is the food that we really, really need?

 Is it bread, is it a thing?

 Is it a touch or a look of love?

Do they really ask for what they need?

      Or do they ask only to receive just anything?

Do they perhaps need to give what they say they want?

And if you give in will they ask for more?

Will the Bread sustain them?

 In a Word, will they ask for more, and more?

What is most nutritious?

 What Power hath a joke, inspiration or a song?

 What is the drink we really, truly need?

Is it a word of praise?

        Or recognition, a sharp, gentle observation

        Which (in a moment) the conscious doth graze?

From canisters of Water  there is prophesized much wine.

If you give them what they ask for, they will return and come for more!

When you give them what they really need,

 They will be rich in Spirit, fulfilled and no longer poor!

ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE

September 24, 2003     8:25 a.m.

(Juan 4:31   -    "Yo tengo un alimento que Ustedes no conocen".

 It must be true...

What we feel, what we thirst for.

It must be what is in the heart...

No other illusion can replace

What is sealed within, looking face to face.

Searcher of hearts, search deep within.

Make intercession.

Help us know what is good, and what is sin.

What can separate me from the Love deep inside?

Not tribulation, distress, persecution, need,

Not nakedness, peril or the sword.

And what draws us on...

What brings me to this site?

To sit on the edge of eternity,

(The altar-table set),

Drink and eat,

Build our strength...

And carry on, (down the river isle...)

What force pushes us forward?

What is transforming us?

What is it doing to us?

This love, your Love.

                   By: Karla            

        

(I saw in the news that the Pope watched some Breakdances in St. Peter's Square!  Maybe that will break the ice!)

 HAVE A N-ICE DAY!

                                             IT WAS REALLY HOT TODAY!  ABOUT 35 DEGREES c.  THANK GOODNESS IT HAS COOLED DOWN NOW!

Also, before coming here I saw a newborn baby who was born on January 5, 2004.  His name is Matias!  And a small child named Abril got a heart transplant when she was getting to weak to continue.