I Laud the Holy Spirit
I laud the Holy Spirit, the minister of sacrifice,
God who brings God hither,
the anointing and consecration,
God breathing out our prayer,
God breathing in our prayer,
He to whom our prayers are instruments,
He of whom our prayers are imitations,
the Life-giver worthy to be praised by the living.
Enliven us, O living God!
Every sacrifice He encompasses like fire
is that upon which God descends;
every sacrifice He encompasses like fire
is enflamed, and to God ascends.
Encompass us, O Holy One, like fire!
The Sapience of the priest
beyond the priest's own sapience,
the Holiness of the sacrifice
beyond the sacrifice's holiness,
the Meaning of the prayer
beyond the prayer's meaning,
dispeller of night,
destroyer of the impure,
Fire beyond all fire,
from which all fire comes,
bringer of all reverence, sublime,
abundance beyond all wealth,
in Your radiance make us radiant
and glowing with God!
Newly Waking Moments
Faith is born in hallow,
the last rite of the time,
the promise-field fallow,
shining in morn sublime;
when all hopes are blooming
sunny fields are alight --
cast out your dark dooming
and rise to morning bright.
My Love Is the Sun
My love is the sun,
a great blazing ball,
massive in size
and burning withal;
in the East she will rise,
fall down in the West,
and when she has set,
I finally rest.
