Someone once said
“If you think this world is sane, you have declared your own insanity.”
We are called
To shine our light
In the darkness
To stand out
In this world
To rise above it
To overcome it
St. John 16:33
“In the world, ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
I John 4:4
“…greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
Matthew 5:14
“Ye are the light of the world.”
The only way
To overcome
Sin and death
Is to love
One another
The only way
To eternal life
Is through love
St. John 13:34
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
I John 4:19
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
Man struggles
To find out
Who he is
Though who he is
Has manifested
As everything
That exists
So he can see
Who he is
And still
He does not see
So everything
That man has created
Has been in his struggle
To remember
Who he is
When he remembers
He ceases from his work
And rests in it
Genesis 2:3
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”
Revelation 21:7
“He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”
Are we afraid
To lose our self
Christ was not afraid
Because he knew
It was not the end
Death was just
Another obstacle
To overcome
St. Matthew 16:25
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”
What is our greatest challenge
And who is our worthy opponent
To overcome the world
For we are not of the world
We are of the spirit
St. John 16:33
“…but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
I John 4:4
“…greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
In one instant
I was filled with joy
Overcome with love
All at once
That moment
Of reality
When it dawned
On me
That I was
Someone other
Than who
I appeared to be
Death is like a thief
Who robs us of life
To overcome death
Be ever on watch
For he comes
Like a thief in the night
While we are asleep
So wake up
Are we afraid
To lose our self
Christ was not afraid
Because he knew
It was not the end
Death was just
Another obstacle
To overcome
Art: Virgin Mary, artist unknown
Every story has a hero or heroine
And an adversary
And the story is written
Within a time and a place
And the story line is such that
Said hero or heroine
Must overcome the adversary
To save the world
Or maybe the story is such that
The hero must overcome
The adversary
To save the heroine
The Bible is such a story
The hero is Jesus Christ
And he came to save the world
To set us free from sin
The adversary
David slew Goliath with a stone
Daniel survived the lion’s den
And Christ overcame the world
We are either the hero
Or the adversary
If Christ is with us
Who can be against us
I John 4:5
“…because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
Art: Immaculate Conception by Giovanni Bapttista Tiepolo
When the spirit
Puts her foot
On the head
Of the serpent
Game over
The mind is
A worthy adversary
A worthy opponent
But no match
For the spirit
Spirit trumps mind
She created the mind
Overcome the mind
Do not see it
As an obstacle
But as a stepping stone
For the Love of Christ 