Carmela Patterson Poems

When faced with a challenge
We swiftly want to flee
From making a decision
To move or cop a plea.
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Come into His Presence
And be blessed by His essence;
He's close as we permit Him to be
If we realize this we can see...
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It was a Wedding everyone had been looking toward
When a week before the Wedding the groom got floored
He broke his leg falling from a roofer's ladder
He and his bride-to-be could not have been sadder.
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Entering the Springtime of my life years ago
Myriads of emotions sprinkled with bouts of woe
Tested my metal and kept me sway
As I traveled a journey toward The Way.
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I run the race trying to keep pace
His grace forgiving my disgrace
He makes all my limbs strong
Loves me even when I'm wrong,
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My Son told me He would make all things new;
How could I have known what that would ensue?
He told me He'd die for a cause that was just
And the suffering He would endure, He said He must.
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Excitement builds as I pull open the heavy Church door;
the Holy Water font invites me to make the blessing:
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If not for you we would not have been
You lovingly deemed we should exist
You sent Jesus, your Son, to heal us of sin
For our souls He did and still does persist
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Clap your hands, the Lord draws nigh
The time is nearing; look to the sky
As was told in the age-old story
He comes again resplendent in glory
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For the love of God our hearts beat with ardor;
For love of us He died ignobly as a Martyr.

How freely God gives from eternity to eternity
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