The Word of Truth

It leads you from the darkness
And guides you to the light.
The Word of Truth is the only way
To all the things that are right.

It protects you from temptation.
“It is written,” is how you start.
The Word of Truth will strengthen you,
When you hold it in your heart.

It teaches you to love your neighbor,
To seek and you shall find.
The Word of Truth is peace and hope,
And it calms a worried mind.

It prepares you for a godly life
On Earth and then in heaven.
The Word of Truth, it paves the way
To the life you should be living.

By Ron Lewis

(Ron Lewis lives in Bloomington and is a Benedictine oblate of Saint Meinrad Archabbey.) †

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