Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

New Poems

  • Not of This World

    Praying to your Father,with your closest friends present,you spoke,a gentle truth that pierces the heart:we are not of this world,though we dwell within its embrace. Chosen from shadows,lifted from earth’s dust,our souls bear the markof a kingdom unseen,yet faith reveals,a realm where love reigns eternal. The world, with its fleeting glories,its praises and scorn,cannot comprehend… Read more

  • In Bethlehem, beneath the star’s holy light,A humble maiden bore a Son one silent night.Mary, pious, with faith so strong and broad,Became the Mother of our Lord and God. Her heart was pure, her spirit full of grace,Chosen to cradle God’s transcendent face.In a manger, love and hope were shod,Through Mary, the Mother of our… Read more

  • A Path of Divine Grace

    Lord, guide us in Your sacred way:Where love and wisdom intertwine,No fear nor ignorance shall stay. Where patience blooms with humble grace, No anger nor annoyance finds place.Where poverty sings with joy so pure,No greed nor avarice can endure. Where peace and contemplation meet,No care nor restlessness can compete.Where the reverent fear of God stands… Read more

  • They Followed Him

    they abandoned their boatsand followed Him. left nets, waves, salt-stung air,for a voice that stirreddeep currents within,cast off from shore,to chart a coursein unseen waters,hands once roughenedby ropes and wood,now open, empty,filled with faith,treading pathswhere footprints fadeyet hearts remember. they abandoned their boatsand followed Him. Read more

  • The Depth of Darkness

    In the depth of darkness, shadows creep, Where abject sorrows turn to weep.A void where light has never been,A place our sadness hides within. The night is vast, an endless sea,A realm of lost eternity.Stars are swallowed, dreams are lost,In the chill of black, a bitter frost. Slowly, heart beating a somber pace,A prisoner in… Read more

  • A New Command (a Tanka)

    a new command set“love one another” He said—hearts open and warma binding embrace of soulsfashioned within divine love Read more

  • Beneath the arching sky’s expanse,Where sunbeams gently caress the earth,We find ourselves in humble presence,Suspended in the embrace of grace. Here, time passes at a gentle cadence,And the ordinary yields to the sacred,As bread and wine become vesselsOf transcendent mystery and love. In the quiet depths of our being,In the unspoken language of the soul,We… Read more

  • In the veiled morning light, shadows come and go, Why are you downcast, O my soul, O my soul.Walkin’ this lonely road, ain’t got no home, I thirst for God alone, where else can I go? Troubles on my back, feelin’ like a stone, Why are you downcast, O my soul, O my soul.Lost in… Read more

  • What God Meant it to Be

    where shadows whisper secretsto the dewdrops on the grass,there stands a dandelion,unassuming, golden-bright,being only what God meant it to be. not the noble rose,nor the stately oak,but a humble sunburst,not cultivated but scattered by the breeze.a million seeds of possibility,being only what God meant it to be. children’s wishes and wild imaginings,held in its frail,… Read more