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We are not lacking religion - Spiritual deficiency

We are not lacking religion

 

We are not lacking

religion

but love.


We are not lacking

forms and tradition

but compassion.


We are not lacking

head knowledge

but practical application.


We are not lacking

politeness

but true forgiveness.


We are not lacking

appearance and smiling faces

but sincere help

for people in distress.


We are not lacking

many plans

but YOUR blessing for them.


Oh what became of us?

Why have we exchanged

an intimate love relationship

with YOU

with complicated religiosity?


We don’t even

seem to understand

what YOU

have modeled for us

and we are certainly

not imitating it.


Where all along

YOU are the one

who gives us the strength

for everything.


Lord forgive us

for our lack of love

towards you

towards our neighbor

and often enough

towards ourselves.


The blessing

for everything we do

only comes

out of your love.

 

 

 (1001122147-2153,1201120533-0558)

 

 

Isaiah 29:13 (The Israel Bible)

My Lord said: Because that people has approached [Me] with its mouth And honored Me with its lips, But has kept its heart far from Me, And its worship of Me has been A commandment of men, learned by rote—

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