Transcendent Trio

Tested by murderous masses

That fear and hate approve

We cling to God’s sure promises

Of faith and hope and love

Ah, who of us could prosper long

Should these three cease to be?

Faith, hope and love, a steadfast song

To comfort misery

For faith is more than hapless laud

To hope, more than a whim

Love overflows the heart of God

And draws man close to Him

As long as human-race exists

Wars will not cease to be

Faith, hope and love the bond betwixt

God and humanity

Then, though loathe demons beat the air

And bare their darkened threats

They cannot snuff transcendent prayer

That Faith-hope -love begets

© Janet Martin

Our tongues are tied with grief as stories and images from Paris hit the air-waves...

so we shape our wordless sorrow into prayer