Draw Near O Lord - Lyrics

Tonight the light of the moon appears 
to be so far away from earth
so high in the sky one wonders if 
the hand which guides it has gone astray
“Where are you Lord?  We need your guiding 
light into our dark troubled world”


Nature in the form of a virus has done 
its thing and devastation is upon us 
we shake our fists in anger at God 
So long as God acts as we imagine a god to be 
we are ready to acknowledge His lordship 
This makes us the divine craftsmen who mold a god in our power


How many times in Jesus’ life did He offer comfort 
and love to those in need?  
To the official whose child was close to death
to the woman who had no money left to buy food 
to Bartimaeus who cried out 
“Jesus son of David have pity on me”
Now is our time of need


One cannot help drawing comparison to 
Jesus’ death by asphyxiation and COVID19 pandemic 
death by infected man’s inability to breathe   
Hung upon the cross there was an involuntary panic 
for man found that while he could draw air into his lungs 
he would be powerless to exhale unless he raised himself up on his bleeding feet  


“Christ’s last breath was no normal death gasp 
but the pouring forth of His Spirit”says Fr Anthony Giambrone
“so we might come to new life in holiness” 
Death then should have no sting for the Christian  
New life Spirit we now need injected into our heart 
and soul to move forward to waiting Jesus


At the time of Christ’s death the sky continued 
to darken until the sun could be stared at with the human eye 
Darkness lasted for the rest of the day Mary His Mother 
suffered as our beloved ones suffer for those dying 
She understood His death would not be defeat 
but glory everlasting Our loved ones need to feel His Spirit 
to feel  that glory His loving arms to hold them close 
Light and love coming from Christ is as necessary as is 
wine to soothe our parched airways 

 
Draw near O Lord our God
Graciously hear us
Guilty of sinning before you
O king exalted savior of all nations
See how our grieving lift our eyes to heaven
Hear us redeemer as we beg forgiveness
Humbly confessing countless sins committed
Our hearts are broken laying bare their secrets
Cleanse us redeemer boundless in     compassion