Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

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  • Sanctifying Suffering

    *Image created using AI, August 2024 O Christ, having experienced the world’s sorrow,in Your wounds, I touch the edges of grace.Show me how pain, a gift unwrapped in darkness,can lead me closer to You,where shadows frame a deeper hue. In the furnace of my trials, You refine,each tear a flicker of holy purpose,burning away what Read more

  • The Sacrifice

    Neath a foreboding sky,a man, silent, alonehaltingly trudges up the hill.The earth, unsteady,as nails pierce and swords puncturemingling water, blood, and dust. From the tree,a breath taken,then given away. This is the turning—the world, like a leaf,fallen,now caughtin the handof grace. My Lord and my God. Read more

  • Field of Tulips

    Lord of Creation, From the still chilled soil where tulips bloom,Your hand reveals each petal’s fold,A silent hymn, a gentle praise,Beneath the morning’s glow. In hues of crimson, white, and gold,Your artistry is clear,Each blossom affirms a life renewed,A hope that casts out fear. The tulip bows in reverence low,Yet stands with dignity,Its beauty lies Read more

  • It’s Personal

    *Image created with Microsoft Designer AI, August 2024 Love, the breath that swirlsthrough the cosmos, shaping stars,and yet, it bends low, whisperingour names in the dark of night. This love—unfathomable,too grand for our minds to hold,yet as intimate as a heartbeat,pulsing within us, unseen. The Creator of all,who paints the sky with lightand spins the Read more

  • Rhythm of the Rosary

    *Image derived with Microsoft Designer AI, August 2024 Quietly eschewing morning’s cacophony, fingers caress beadsEach one a pulse of the heart in prayerAve after Ave, a sacred cadenceEchoing within the soul’s quiet chambersComposing grace into the heart’s song Ave María, grátia plenaContemplating the Mysteries unfolds the GospelRepetitive prayer choreographing a sacred danceSorrows shared with the Read more

  • Breathless

    In breathless moments before the altar, hearts trembling with sacred prescience, eyes fixed on the Host, the Bread of Life, souls whispering fervent prayers, longing for the divine embrace, as the veil between heaven and earth grows thin, prayers raising with the sweet exhaust of the Thurible, hearts now beating in unison, a veritable hymn Read more

  • Prayer’s Power (a Tanka)

    Hands folded in trustPrayer ascends like incenseFaith’s quiet embraceMountains moved by unseen handsStrength drawn from the sacred words Read more

  • Red Sky at Night

    God dips His brushin the embers of lovepulls gold from wheat fieldsamber from leavescrimson from the heartof a newly bloomed rose with an accentuated sweepHe splashes the skylavender and rosewhile an arc of apricot gently kisses the horizon each hue a silent hymna fleeting prayerin the dance of day’s end in the night’s red skyI Read more

  • Lament

    Hear me, O God, in this hour of lament,When shadows are long and spirits are bent.In the silence, my heart cries out, I’m fully spent, Yearning for solace, for peace to be sent. Where is the light that once guided my way?The path now obscured; I’ve gone far astray.In the depths of my sorrow, to Read more

  • The Glorious Assumption of Mary

    O radiant Queen, lifted to the skies,In your ascent, our hopes arise.Mother of grace, in glory crowned,In you, the purest love is found.Assumed to Heaven, by angels praised,Guide us to your Son, in whom we’re raised.Mary, our Mother, gentle and true,Lead us in faith, ever close to you.Amen Read more