I don't have a good poem to share, to be able to call it "Poetry Friday". But this is my favorite St. Augustine quote, and it seems sort of Friday-esque - it always makes me mindful of just how much I need to turn to God, and have Him touch, heal, reform my heart. Also, St. Augustine is such a profoundly lyrical writer, especially if you get the right translation. If you've never read the Confessions - I can't recommend enough that you do so!
Act of Hope
"For your mercies' sake, O Lord my God, tell me what you are to me. Say to my soul: "I am your salvation." So speak that I may hear, O Lord; my heart is listening; open it that it may hear you, and say to my soul: "I am your salvation." After hearing this word, may I come in haste to take hold of you. Hide not your face from me. Let me see your face even if I die, lest I die with longing to see it. The house of my soul is too small to receive you; let it be enlarged by you. It is all in ruins; do you repair it. There are thing in it - I confess and I know - that must offend your sight. But who shall cleanse it? Or to what others besides you shall I cry out? From my secret sins cleanse me, O Lord, and from those of others spare your servant. Amen." ~ St. Augustine
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