Set Aside Every Fear

If you read the current entries in my other blog, you will see where I am right now. And if you do read, and you do see, then you will understand why I am choosing to share this "dialogue" with you here, on RiverPilgrim, for it is a prayer which has kept me company all week, giving me light and strength which I would not possess otherwise.

It is taken from Catherine of Siena's The Dialogue (with God), as presented by John Kirvan in his devotional book "Set Aside Every Fear: Love and Trust in the Spirituality of Catherine of Siena":

GOD SPEAKS...

If you choose me as your companion

you will not be alone;

my love will always be with you.

You will never fear anyone or anything,

for you will find your security in me.

With me as your companion

you will live in the light of faith

with hope and fortitude,

with true patience and perseverance,

all the days of your life.

I loved you

before you existed,

and knowing this

you can place your trust

in my love

and set aside every fear.

Enjoy my love,

live in me

and take from me

the light of my wisdom.

Confront the princes and tyrants

of this world

with my strength.

Take from me

the fire of my Spirit

and share with all

my mercy and my burning Love.

You are not alone.

You have me.

I RESPOND...

Be my companion

through the darkness of this night.

With your strength

let me confront

the princes and tyrants

of this world.

Let me borrow

the fire of your Spirit

and share with all

your mercy

and your burning love.

You have loved me

even before I existed,

and knowing this,

I can place my trust

in your love

and set aside every fear.

Amen.

Thank you for traveling with me on this unpredictable River of life, my fellow Pilgrims. Rocky beds ahead.