Weakness
Fr. Paul Ward
Alas the times, alas the customs!
Where power is strength,
Where vice is might.
And arms so weak,
can they carry such a burden? Potestas!
And legs so feeble,
dare they start the march? Fortitudo!
You promised,
strength in weakness is perfected.
My half of the deal is there,
behold my fragility.
How long will you hold out
in keeping your half of the bargain?
Alas my times, slipping through my frail grasp
Alas my habits, fragile as emotions.
Therefore God’s time is infinite,
and God’s virtue is mighty,
as He is as far above us as the sky.