Transfiguration

I came, unwilling:

    an anguished victim of the demon, "Fear".

I feared the loneliness,

    the haunting memories,

    my pain,

    my shame.

Yet found HIM there –

And loneliness transfigured becomes solitude.

And I no longer fear

    the dark night of the soul,

For I will find HIM there.

 

I came, unwilling:

    An anguished victim of the demon, "Fear".

I feared the healing:

    "For far too long I've lived with my infirmity,

    It's easier to limp than be made whole."

Yet found HIM there –

And infirmity transfigured becomes ministry.

For I would be a healer

    in this wounded, broken world.

And HE is there.

 

I came, unwilling:

    An anguished victim of the demon, "Fear".

I feared, there would be no more hiding:

    from God,

    from self,

    from friends.

He found me there,

    And showed me love,

    my self,

    my sin!

His love transfigures and redeems me.

No longer must I hide from those I love

For He is here.

 

I go, unwilling:

    For I would build three booths and tarry there

    On this the mount of my transfiguration.

I hear YOU, Lord,

    and I obey.

To the valley I return,

    for there are others there,

    who know not that their demons are undone,

    and dissipate like shadows

In but one sweet, blest encounter with the Son.

For He is there.

For He is there.

 

 

David McCann, June 2, 1996 at conclusion of ICO experience.