Lady Clonard - Countess de Clonard

(Françoise)

O sing a new song, to our God above,
Avoid profane ones, 'tis for holy choir:
Let Israel sing song of holy love
To him that made them, with their hearts on fire:
Let Zion's sons life up their voice, and sing
Carols and anthems to their heavenly king.

Let not your voice alone his praise forth tell,
But move withal, and praise him in the dance;
Cymbals and harps, let them be tuned well,
'Tis he that doth the poor's estate advance:
Do this not only on the solemn days,
But on your secret beds you spirits raise.

O let the saints bear in their mouth his praise,
And a two-edged sword drawn in their hand,
Therewith for to revenge the former days,
Upon all nations, that their zeal withstand;
To bind their kings in chains of iron strong,
And manacle their nobles for their wrong.

Expect the time, for 'tis decreed in heaven,
Such honor shall unto his saints be given.

Francis Sutton,  Alias Bacon, a Glory of England   

Nunca Abandones!

Cuando las cosas se afanan en ir mal,

 tal como  « ellas »  a veces saben hacerlo.

Cuando el sendero sobre el cual penosamente caminas 

y en la cumbre de un monte culmina.

Ya sé!, quisieras sonreír!, mas de fatiga suspiras,

 cuando el desosiego te arrastra crees de por vida.

Descansa!, si quieres ……pero no abandones nunca.

La vida es así de extraña con sus reveses y enredos,

 tal  y como cada uno de nosotros pudo percibirla un día. 

Y muchos de los que sintieron el fracaso y la deriva, 

hubieran podido erguirse, si hubieren perseverado.

Amigo, No abandones!, aunque todo parezca ir despacio, 

pues volverás a respirar al frescor de la mañana

 y así verás que "todo" está aún por ganar.

¡ Sigue tu marcha y no abandones !

El éxito no es más que el reverso del fracaso, 

y raramente sabrás a qué distancia se encuentra la meta;

 la cual, puede estar muy cerca, mientras que a tí te parece tan lejana.

Purity is not Innocence!

Purity is not innocence, it is more than that................certainly!.
Wonderful, if we are able to associate purity with the authentic Love and Compassion in Jesus-Christ and I'm afraid the World at the moment is not following this way, but rather the opposite.

Unfortunately that is what I can see every day. The principle "wait and see" is in force more than ever, in spite of efforts made by a minority of people.

We need the help of the Holly Spirit again and again, because we are not so strong as we can imagine.

We have as believers to wake up......because the humanity is dying or experiencing very difficult survival times.

Go to Africa (i.e.) and you will see the tragedy.

This is not a "touristic" destination.
Perhaps you know that, and I'm out of the topic