The
Saint that Is Just Me
Oh I
thought I'd be heroic and inspiring
I wanted
to offer You the greatest sacrifice
Like all
the Saints who've gone before me
I tried
to prove my love for You and so to gain the prize
I
thought I'd be a martyr like Cecilia
I hoped
I'd disappear like St. Therese.
Or wear
a hidden crown of thorns like Rose of Lima
To heal
the sick and raise the dead.
When You
hung upon the Cross looking at me
You
didn't die so I would try to be somebody else,
You died
so I could be, the saint that is just me.
I wanted to be poor and free like Francis,
To cut
off my long hair like lovely Clare.
To be
faithful like Mother Teresa in the darkness
Lord,
won't you make me just like her?
I tried
to kneel for hours in the Chapel corner
To
persevere like Paul wih all my sleepless nights
To stay
awake and trim my lamp with ten wise virgins,
To
really give the devil a good fight.
When you
hung upon the Cross looking at me
You
didn't die so I would try to be somebody else,
You died
so I could be, the saint that is just me.
Just me,
Just me.
You died
just for me.
just me,
just me
You died
just for me.
You saw
that I was perfectly imperfect
O happy
fault the sin of Adam's pride
Thats
the reason that you became man
and bore
the New eve from your wounded side
If it
weren't for my sins and wounds and weakness,
Then you
wouldn't have married me upon the Cross
Why do I
fear being seen naked and broken?
That's
why you came because I need you that much.
When you
hung upon the Cross looking at me
You
didn't die so I would try to be somebody else,
You died
so I could be, the saint that is just me.
This is one of my favorite songs of the last year. It is so simple but wow, what a beautiful meditation.
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