Whenever we tremble

Credo Noli Timere

We know we belong to You.
When we lose heart, when we despair,
Whenever we tremble,
                                        tremble
                                                tremble,
It means we have forgotten You.

Bring us home with every breath,
With every beat of the heart
We in You and You in us,
And remember
              remember
                     remember
The freedom of our belonging to You.

All flesh comes to You
All the beautiful names are in You
All rivers and veins and sinews of the sea
All languages, all silences
All leaves and flames and blossoms and rains and wings
All voices we have ever longed to hear

Help us to know ourselves
        always worthy of Your love
                                               credo alpha, omega
To know how we deserve Your joy in us
                                         credo corazon
Help us to heal our world’s divided houses
                                          credo sangha
Help us restore and bless and release
                                          credo sunyata
Lead us from the real to the unreal
                           Abwoon d’bwashmaya
May we sing out in every holy tongue
                                      credo neshamah
And freed from every fear
                                     credo noli timere
                                                              noli timere
                                                             noli timere
May we be Your mouth
May we be Your music

Michael Dennis Browne