December 3
Companions of the Way (Evening)Of all therefore that are dear to thee, let Jesus alone be thine especially beloved.
O TENDER Heart, strong Ark which doth enshrine The whole sweet law that rules the heart of man; No longer held as slaves beneath a ban, Grateful and free we live by love divine.
O Heart, O Sanctuary undefiled Of that new law of Love unto us given; O Veil more precious than of old was riven, O Temple holier than the ancients piled!
What living heart is there that will not come At His redeeming call, that doth not sigh To give Him love for love, and will not fly Unto His Heart, our Everlasting Home?
Latin, 18th Century, trans. by Rosa Mulholland
THE ONLY JOY