Thursday, 12 June 2025

AND THE ANGELS SING


I pleaded with you,

In the beginning,

To bring me home again to Thee.

I promised to heed every call,

To avoid every danger,

To abhor every sin.

 

I have laboured, Father,

to bring joy to Thee

and To be worthy

Of Your love for me.

 

When my time comes,

I will come home to Thee

and I will wait

 at heaven’s door knocking

Until I hear the angels sing. 


- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Lightbearers by Greg Olsen)


 

Saturday, 10 May 2025

ODE TO HEAVEN'S MOTHER

 



You feared as you held your Firstborn,

That from your arms He would be torn.

You knew that one day
The glory for His Father He would yearn,
And willingly walk the path of thorns
His godly crown to earn.

Did your heart break
When the heaven's wept
To see your perfect Son
On the cross of tribulation
Endure untold pain
In the valley of humiliation?

And when home He came
To embrace His glory,
Did you weep with joy
Because above all,
He was just your boy!



- CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art: Heavenly Mother in Gethsemane by Del Parson)




Thursday, 8 May 2025

ODE TO HEAVENLY MOTHER

 


You nurtured me so lovingly

And placed me on the godly path;

You bid me follow in your footsteps,

To bring honour to Your noble heart.

 

I long to bring You my earthly memories

And tell You of them, one by one;

I hope to bring You endless joy

When home at last I come.


- CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art: Holding Heaven by Jenedy Paige)

Thursday, 17 April 2025

GIFT

 


His profound grief, His indescribable anguish,

His overpowering torture.

(Taylor, The Mediation and Atonement, pp 149-50)

 

 

Thy infinite mercy

Thy limitless goodness

Thy bountiful compassion,

A gift to those who loveth Thee;

Trailing from the cross of Calvary,

Sealed with Your hour of agony.


- CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art: Redemption's Burden by Greg Collins)

Monday, 17 March 2025

LEAP OF FAITH

 

 

“Somewhere in your quest for spiritual knowledge, there is that ‘leap of faith’; as the philosophers call it. It is the moment when you have gone to the edge of the light and stepped into the darkness to discover that the way is lighted ahead for just a footstep or two. ‘The spirit of man’, as the scripture says, indeed ‘is the candle of the Lord’ (Proverbs 20:27).”

-        Elder Boyd K. Packer, “The Candle of the Lord”, Ensign January 1983, p 54-55

 

I will follow Thee my God and My All

When I can see no more;

I will trust in Thee

When all hope flees;

I will praise Thy name

When I am left without ease.

 

I will nurture the seeds of my faith

With tears of my affliction;

Yet will I look up to heaven

And believe in Thy throne;

I will trust in the strength of Thine arms

To lift me and carry me home.


- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: I Walk By Faith by Judy Cooley)

Saturday, 8 March 2025

SACRED PROMISE

 


I prayed in faith

That you would save me

From the river of my tears.

 

You took my soul and wiped it clean

Of the ruin of my life in agony,

And You promised I’ll be more than I could be

If I look toward eternity.

 

I look to You in every thought

And surrender all my fears;

Your sacred promise like a flame

Locked in my heart these many years.

 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Pray In Faith Believing by Greg Collins)

Monday, 17 February 2025

TO BE ENOUGH

 



Often You come into my mind
And I wonder about my 'enoughs'. 
Did I go to Church enough?
Did I repent enough?
Did I serve enough?
Did I love enough?

I see You in my heart
Smiling lovingly,
And I know....
What will matter
the most in the end
Is my love for Thee. 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: A Perfect Peace by Yongsung Kim