Spirit seeking light and beauty,
Soul that longest for thy rest,
Soul that askest understanding
Only thus can ye be blest.

All the joy and all the fairness
Fade away from earths delight
By the steadfast contemplation
Of the glory out of sight.

Through the vastness of creation
Though your restless thought may roam.
God is all that you can long for,
God is all his creatures home.

Taste and see him, feel and hear him,
Hope and clasp his unseen hand;
Though the darkness seem to hide him,
Faith and love can understand.

God, who lovest all thy creatures,
All our hearts are known to thee,
Lead us through the land of shadows
To thy blest eternity.

Janet Erskine Stuart RSCJ

Image acknowledgement: Open to God by Sr. Mary Stephen CRSS
Used with permission www.canonesses.co.uk

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