The Gift

In this quiet place of prayer
Gently furnished with love
With the slight scent of candles
All is focused forward
Facing the beauty of the monstrance
Its gilt edges radiating to the world
Accenting this incredible Gift
 
The awesome presence held within
Transforms this place
And all within, who for a time dwell
From a mere space to holy place
From time present to time eternal
From the worldly to the divine
By the Power of The Gift
 
In our frail humanity
Fret with all failings and flaws
Full of weakness and fear
In all our imperfections
Amazingly beyond all human ...
We come to be in the presence of
The Gift
 
We offer all we are and all we have
To humbly face our imperfections
In the presence of perfection Himself
Bringing all our sorrows and joys
All our crosses and wounds
To merely be in the awesome presence of
The Gift
 
In this place of transcendence,
A mountaintop place
Atop which we too are transfigured
By the awe of His almighty presence
In awe that He would take on earthly substance
To be always visibly present for us
The Gift
 
In His presence I am as close to heaven
As on earth is possible
To gaze upon, to be in the same space
As the Divine, the Creator, the eternal Word
Is a foretaste of being truly home
And I long to receive in intimate communion
The Gift
 
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