May Your Hands Bless Their Land Of Shadow Poem by Don Nguyen

Lord, you have placed me in this land of shadow,
Engulfed in passions, emotions, sorrows, and romantic love;
Descending, enslaved, and propagated in human weakness;
Not accented to nobility or acquiescent to grace.
My child-like trust had been marred; my confidence once shaken.
And not by chance, nor by human assistance,
But by your mercy, my faith I now regain.
I now hope love can conquer their present errors
I am concerned but I can no longer personally worry
Because I believe all matters will be cared for
By your sacred Hands according to your Divine Plan.
I abandon myself into your loving arms;
Please assist my friends in dissipating their passions;
Replacing it with faith, hope, and true noble love in you.
Make their weak spirits become strong bonds,
Which will be made perpetual and burning with your love and affection.