O King of the
Nations!
Long desired one we
call to you!
Come from
your Royal Throne
and reign over us!
You who are the
beginning
and the end of all;
the first principle
and the fount of
all that is!
Come, we pray,
and restore the
divine order of
this cosmos,
long thrown into
chaos
by the discordant
note
of our sin.
O King of the Nations!
Of old known by so
many names
and in so many
places sought!
Desired in the
hearts
of all peoples, of
all times
and
templed in the
souls
of all those ancient elders,
men and women of
justice,
peace,
and truth.
Tear down, then
the veils of
separation
and reveal your
holy name
to all,
as you did to Moses,
that from the many
nations
there may be formed
one peaceful
people,
one flock,
beneath the loving
gaze of
the Good Shepherd.
O King of the Nations!
Come and be our
cornerstone!
Take our lost
and tumbling
efforts
and re-found,
re-form,
our crumbling clay
in your divine
matrix
that humbled,
we may stand
tall again
and find our place
within your temple
as living stones
once more!
O King of the Nations!
Hear our sacred invocation
as we sing the royal
hymn of the Lady,
she who is your
Queen and Mother both!
Let us follow her
in magnifying your power
in its paradox of
grace!
For you,
O Conquering
Messiah,
in your stabled birth
will teach us the
true path
of kingship,
and bestow upon our
nature
a royal dignity
never to be taken
away!
So then,
may we become,
again,
as once we were,
the highest gift
and twice blessed
in our being
by following your
descending
path to the lowest
point
of emptiness
and there,
between the
breathing of the
beasts
and the beating of
a Mother’s
heart,
beneath the
star-stilled sky,
and
only there,
come at last
to hear the
Angels
exult
in true royalty
revealed
as Love.
“O King of the
Nationsand their desire,
the cornerstone
making both one:
Come and save the
human race,
which you fashioned
from clay.”
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDelete