Scripture

Luke 1:38 (NRSVUE)

Then Mary said, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.

Refrain

The eternal satisfies what nothing else can.

Quote

Augustine, from On Christian Doctrine

"A temporal thing is loved before we have it, and it grows worthless when we gain it, for it does not satisfy the soul. But the eternal is more ardently loved the more it is acquired. The soul will find the eternal even more valuable after once tasting it."

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Scripture

James 4:8 (NIV)

Come near to God and he will come near to you.

Refrain

Even now, life is good.

Quote

Etty Hillesum, from An Interrupted Life

"In spite of everything you always end up with the same conviction: life is good after all, it's not God's fault that things go awry sometimes, the cause lies in ourselves. And that's what stays with me, even now, even when I'm about to be packed off to Poland with my whole family."

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Scripture

John 10:27 (NIV)

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

Refrain

I hearken. God hearkens within me.

Quote

Etty Hillesum, from An Interrupted Life

"Truly, my life is one long hearkening unto myself and unto others, unto God. And if I say that I hearken, it is really God who hearkens inside me. The most essential and deepest in the other. God to God."

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Scripture

Galatians 5:1 (NRSVUE)

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Refrain

Love flows unstoppably toward me.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"Love is constantly creating future possibilities for the good of all concerned — even, and especially, when things go wrong. Love allows and accommodates everything in human experience, both the good and the bad, and nothing else can really do this. Nothing. Love flows unstoppably downward, around every obstacle — like water. Love and water seek not the higher place but always the lower."

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Scripture

Matthew 16:16–17 (NIV)

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven."

Refrain

God is always more than I can hold.

Quote

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, from The Divine Milieu

"God does not offer Himself to our finite beings as a thing all complete and ready to be embraced. For us, He is eternal discovery and eternal growth. The more we think we understand Him, the more he reveals himself as otherwise. The more we think we hold him, the further He withdraws, drawing us into the depths of himself."

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Scripture

Mark 5:34 (NIV)

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."

Refrain

I turn toward Love and find my peace.

Quote

Eloi Leclerc, from The Wisdom of the Poor One of Assisi

"If we knew how to adore, then nothing could truly disturb our peace.

We would travel through the world with the tranquility of the great rivers.

But only if we know how to adore."

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Scripture

Matthew 28:7 (NIV)

Then go quickly and tell his disciples: "He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him."

Refrain

Love is always ahead, drawing me forward.

Quote

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

"Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."

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Scripture

Romans 8:28–29 (NLT)

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

Refrain

Love is the meaning of everything.

Quote

Julian of Norwich, from Showings

"Know it well, love is its meaning. Who reveals this to you? Love. What does he reveal? Love. Why? For Love. Remain in this and you will know more of the same."

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