Magnificat Of Waiting For The Fullness Of Time Luke 1:56

My soul reflects quietly on your fullness,
and my spirit grows stronger in the hope of your promise,
God my redeemer, because you have filled me with the knowing that you are alive within me.

Yes, day by day through the course of time
my awareness of the call to blessed fulfillment increases
for you have done great things in me.

Holy is this time,
and patience is your gift
to all who nurture the seed of your love.

You have changed my life;
I was so confident in my unknowing,
You have deflected my fervent thrust toward iron-clad goals, and spread before me your vision of fragile simplicity.

My longing to be a healing and reconciling person to your people
is affirmed within the daily earnings and goings of my life; my illusions of my own wholeness are mercifully revealed.

You are here now in this seeming emptiness of waiting,
remembering your intent,
... according to the promise made in the beginning of time ...
remembering your intent to reach through the work of my life,
  that your fullness may be known now, in our time.

Received at National Assoc. of Post-Primary Diocesan Advisors meeting, Sept. 8th 2011.