A Psalm - A Cruel Disease, by Deacon Tom

A Psalm
Cruel Disease

Lord; fate has loaded us with so many disasters
and we try to overcome them but we have little
confidence in our ability.
We struggle to make sense out of the turmoil
that infects us when illness and death
seem to hover closely by us.

We must watch our loved ones suffer
with illness in that even a wise person
can not understand and we feel that we are
without resources.
We writhe in the agony of not knowing why
this illness is so cruel.

Lord our God you know what we have to
contend with.
You know what it is like to see you’re loved
one suffer under the cruel
bludgeoning of senseless pain.
You understand our suffering as friends,
siblings and lovers of the victims.

You made your children, the Hebrews,
emerge from the cruelty of slavery in
Egypt and become a nation.
You saw your son Jesus Christ die
a bitter foolish death on the cross
and through your wondrous grace
rise again to glory.
In all of the dark days of our world
you always have blessed us with
your love. Now we pray for
your children who are terribly ill and
without resources and we ask you to
touch their life with your warmth and
healing presence.

We know Lord that we don't always
see your healing and love as we face
the darkest moments of life, but it is
there.
It is not just healing that we need.
We need to find ways to deal with our
sorrows and live with our cross.
Show us the way out of this senselessness.
Lord you are the divine healer, the
master physician we are you loving children
bless and grace us as you see fit.

Deacon Tom Coffey
Spring 2008