6/25/25
Lord, I kneel before you In communion Face to Face
I am yoked with you in life
I am yoked with you in death
For Your yoke is easy
And your burden light
Let your light shine through me
So all will come to know you
All will come to see you
Face to Face
As I have been privileged to see
Now and in the everlasting reign of You, O Lord
On earth as it is in heaven
For the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever
Excerpt from St Aloysius of Gonzaga letter to His Mother from His Deathbed
“In return for my short and feeble labours, God is calling me to eternal rest; his voice from heaven invites me to the infinite bliss I have sought so languidly, and promises me this reward for the tears I have so seldom shed.
Take care above all things, most honoured lady, not to insult God’s boundless loving kindness; you would certainly do this if you mourned as dead one living face to face with God, one whose prayers can bring you in your troubles more powerful aid than they ever could on earth. And our parting will not be for long; we shall see each other again in heaven; we shall be united with our Saviour; there we shall praise him with heart and soul, sing of his mercies for ever, and enjoy eternal happiness. When he takes away what he once lent us, his purpose is to store our treasure elsewhere more safely and bestow on us those very blessings that we ourselves would most choose to have.
I write all this with the one desire that you and all my family may consider my departure a joy and favor and that you especially may speed with a mother’s blessing my passage across the waters till I reach the shore to which all hopes belong. I write the more willingly because I have no clearer way of expressing the love and respect I owe you as your son.”
