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​A Stream in the River​


​The Charism of the

United Secular Institute 

​in Poetry

         The Charism of the United Secular Institute in Context

                                            'A Stream Of Living Water'
                                    ​Holy, Holy. Holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty
                                   who  was, and is and is to come


                          There is a river whose streams give joy to the city of God,
                         the holy place where the Most High dwells     


                                     A river flowed from Eden to water the garden,
                         and from there it divided to make four streams


                         A stream flowed eastward from under the Temple threshold
                    the water flowed from under the right side of the Temple
             

​                Wherever the river flows, all living creatures teeming in it will live,
                     for wherever the water goes it brings health and life
                         because this water comes from the sanctuary


                                      Jesus said: The water that I shall give
                        will be a spring of water within, welling up to eternal life,
                                   he was speaking of the Spirit
​                       which those who believed in him were to receive


                                And when they came to Jesus they pierced his side
                         from there at once came out blood and water
          For as scripture say, from his heart shall flow streams of living water 
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                           Jesus proclaimed: When I am lifted up from the earth,
​                                      I shall draw all people to myself


                               I said, I am going to water my orchard
                                 I intend to irrigate my flower beds
               And see, my conduit has grown into a river, and my river into a sea

                                            
                                                  Jesus said go, go into the world
  to sing the liturgy through the Tree of Life,
  to build and to plant in the secular sphere
     to participate in me, Prophet, Priest, King

                             
   Laity, Consecrated, Fraternity, Mission;
  the four components of the Secular Institute
     Citizens of the Church and of the world
     stars in his hand in the Water of Life

                                                 The name of the House is:
                                                        The Lord is there


                       Then the angel showed me the river of life, 
        clear as crystal flowing from the throne of God and the of the Lamb

                         
​                          On the bank of the river the tree of life
                  with its twelve kinds of fruit, one for each month
                the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations


                                   
 I saw no temple in the city,
                      for its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb
     no sun or moon for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb
     The nations will come to its light, and the kings to its dawning brightness


           Look ! The dwelling of God is among human beings,  God - with - them
                  His servants will worship him, they will see him face to face
                            and his name will be written on their foreheads


         The Lord God will be shining on them and they will reign for ever and ever                        
                                                          Amen
                                      Alleluia !
      
 
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      On the subpage subsequent to this one there is and explanation of the poem
                                             'A Stream of Living Water'



​Diana  May  Cockburn


The Ascension of the Lord
25  May  2017
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