Covenant

Ave Maria! The Center for Liturgy at St. Louis University provides a treasure trove of resources for each Sunday's liturgy. I found this poem among the material for today, which brought Ezekiel 36 to mind: I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you...and I will put my Spirit in you. Thanks be to God who makes all things new!

"Covenant"
by Fr. James Janda

My child

I know
it is
difficult

to love

I know
it is
difficult

to forgive

I know
it is
difficult

to suffer

but look
I am
taking
away
your heart

and in
its
place

I am
putting
my heart

now I will
be
suffering

now I will
be
forgiving

now I will
be

loving

in you
my heart is
beating in you