come and save us

The Lord will come and not be slow,

His footsteps cannot err;

Before him righteousness shall go,

His royal harbinger.

Truth from the earth, like to a flower,

Shall bud and blossom then;

And justice, from her heav'nly bower,

Look down on mortal men.

Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might,

This wicked earth redress;

For thou art he who shalt by right

The nations all possess.

The nations all whom thou hast made

Shall come, and all shall frame

To bow them low before thee, Lord,

And glorify thy name.

For great thou art, and wonders great

By thy strong hand are done:

Thou in thine everlasting seat

Remainest God alone.

"As servants waiting for the Master's return, we pray:

        Come, Lord, and save us!

From the emptiness when we do not recognize your presence:

         Come, Lord, and save us!

From the silence in which we do not hear your voice:

         Come, Lord, and save us!

From the darkness in which we do not see your light:

          Come, Lord, and save us!"

   

                - from Magnificat, December 2017