PRAYER
O Lord, I acknowledge that I am in your presence. I offer this time to you. Please allow my heart and mind to focus on you. May everything I feel, think and do be directed purely to your greater praise and service. Amen.
THE SUSCIPE
Take Lord and receive
all my liberty, my memory,
my understanding
and my entire will,
all that I have and possess.
You gave it all to me,
to you I return it,
all is yours,
dispose of it entirely according to your will.
Give me only the love of you,
together with your grace
for that is enough for me.
Graciously submitted by Fr. Greg Kimm, Pastor, St Joseph Cupertino
To follow Jesus is our task
Each day upon this earth,
To walk as he walked, led by God,
Convinced of love's true worth.
To follow Jesus is our task,
To counter grief and sorrow
With gentle words that speak of hope
In what will come tomorrow.
To follow Jesus is our task,
To come to life's defense
When taking life is meaningless
Or killing makes more sense.
To follow Jesus is our task,
To serve at his behest
The ones in want of homes or food:
May they, by us, be blest!
To follow Jesus is our task,
To pardon all our foes,
To break down walls of anger
And stunt the hate that grows.
To follow Jesus is our task,
But when our task has ended,
We'll find we've followed once again--
To where he has ascended.
Ascension of the Lord (A) May 7-8, 2005