Psalm for a Stalled Heart

by Ed Hays on Jan. 29, 2010

My heart is cold today, O God,
I feel no burning desire,
no zeal to pray or be with you.

My heart is frozen by the chill of emptiness—
sluggish and stalled.

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Send forth your Spirit
to revive my heart.

Spark it with a relish for service,
with a longing to pray.

Take me beyond the need to feel
the reassurance of a lover’s heart.

May I seek to love and serve you,
even when my wintry heart
declines to dance
with springtime grace.

Remind me of the ageless truth
that we become what we pretend to be.

And as this long day passes,
may I begin to glimpse a growing warmth
beyond my words and deeds,
the marriage of what I would be
and what I am.

And may my desire
to be your flame of warmth and love
spark other stalled souls
to come alive, aflame in you.

May this be so, O God, may this be so.

From Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim by Ed Hays

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Thank You Fr. Hays. Psalm

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan. 30, 2010.

Thank You Fr. Hays. Psalm for a Stalled Heart was just what I needed to "jump-start" me again!
God bless you!

i like it, it speaks now that

Submitted by genoveva dumay (not verified) on Jan. 30, 2010.

i like it, it speaks now that the winter can be depressing!

Dear Father Ed, I look

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jan. 30, 2010.

Dear Father Ed,

I look forward to all of your beautiful pslams. They are so wonderful and I print them and put them in my hospice folder for reading to patients in the nursing homes, where I volunteer. You would be amazed at how much comfort your psalms have given to these folks I've been seeing. Thanks beyond words. Bobbie Paxton

"Remind me of the ageless

Submitted by Mary Fuller (not verified) on Jan. 30, 2010.

"Remind me of the ageless truth, we become what we pretend to be." I never thought of that before. Certainly a challenge and reflection for the week ahead.
Many thanks Fr. Ed.

This is a very approposPsalm

Submitted by Sister Denise Clifford,S.S.J. (not verified) on Jan. 31, 2010.

This is a very approposPsalm for me now. I feel renewed spiritual life surging through me as I reflect on it. I'll continue to pray it and hope my love of God reaches others today.

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