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In the cool of the morning
let me walk
with You

As the sun rises
triumphant

Let Your Glory
permeate
my marrow

Drench me in the
love light
of Your Presence

In the cool of the morning
before the heat
of the day

Tune my ear
to Your
Voice

Adjust my eyes
to Your
Vision

Calibrate my heart
to Your
Own

And cradle me
on Your
Breast

O Lover of
my soul


Jeanette Banicki is a convert with a deep appreciation of the beauty and intellectual depth of the Catholic Church. She lives in Northern California with her husband and three adult sons.


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Since 2019, the Catholic Poetry Room (www.CatholicPoetry.org) has shared a new poem with readers each week. Poems range in style from formal to free verse to ekphrastics, with an honest expression of each author’s spiritual journey. Many Catholic Poetry Room adult readers are new to poetry and find the poems both accessible and enjoyable. The Catholic Poetry Room is also used by Catholic School teachers, who find the poems an excellent way to begin the day with their students, to pray, or use Catholic Poetry Room verse in their academic classes.