Gentle warmth of Love, and strength of Truth,
I see your proof in lives enlightened/heightened.
And I know that your all rightness permeates each prayer-clad day.
But if I only stay within some private sphere,
adhering to a merely me-encircling sense,
thought grows dense!
(Time for broader action!)
The Christ-attraction
of Church-enlivened good—
restful, rousing,
elevated, practical,
and healing—
pulls me free from self,
uniting me to you,
grand, worthy Church!
Your mortar, unselfed love,
Your foundation, Christ.
