How Great is Your Dwelling Place

How great is your dwelling place,
Lord, mighty God!

In heaven, whose beauty the mind
cannot fathom;

In cathedrals grand
and in chapels humble;

In Your chosen priests
who serve in persona Christi;

In vowed religious
who bring the Word to life;

In ordained deacons
who help serve Your people;

In families and homes
who make You the center;

In the poor, the sick, the prisoner
whom You make strong in weakness;

In all of Your people
who submit to Your holy will;

And perhaps greatest of all
in the small and simple,
unadorned, unassuming,
all-loving, life-giving
Christ-living Eucharist.

By Natalie Hoefer

(Natalie Hoefer is a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis and is a reporter for The Criterion.) †

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