Devotion for today: “You are my helmsman, O God”

A poem by Saint Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament

The barque of my life sails along

Amid darkness and shadows of night,

And I see no shore;

I am sailing the high seas.

The slightest storm would drown me,

Engulfing my boat in the swirling depths,

If You Yourself did not watch over me, O God,

At each instant and moment of my life.

Amid the roaring waves

I sail peacefully, trustingly,

And I gaze like a child into the distance without fear,

Because You, O Jesus, are my Light.

Dread and terror is all about me,

But within my soul is peace more profound than the depths of the sea,

For he who is with You, O Lord, will not perish;

Of this Your love assures me, O God.

Though a host of dangers surround me,

None of them do I fear, for I fix my gaze on the starry sky,

And I sail along bravely and merrily,

As becomes a pure heart.

And if the ship of my life sails so peacefully,

This is due to but one thing above all:

You are my helmsman, O God.

This I confess with utmost humility.

O my God, I love You.

Sister Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament, Cracow, October 20, 1937

Taken from her Diary (1322)