Dr. Rinaldo Diricchardi-Muzga Poet Lyric

COVENANT The Promise Between God and a Nation

1.
Then the Lord said to my heart:
“Remember the covenant I made
with your ancestors.
Not in thunder,
not in palaces,
but on the roads of suffering
where the humble carried My light.”
2.
And I remembered.
I remembered Trubar,
whose words shaped our tongue
like a sculptor shapes stone.
I remembered martyrs
whose courage grew in the shadow
of tyrants and occupiers.
I remembered mothers
Who guarded faith
like a hidden treasure
beneath their aprons.
3.
It was not power that saved us.
It was fidelity.
Not armies,
but prayers whispered in barns,
rosaries slipped through weary fingers,
Lamps kept burning
when hope seemed foolish.
4.
So I answered the Lord:
“Renew in us that courage.
Let us not fear the night
nor the changes of this age.
Teach us to love without bitterness,
to speak truth without pride,
to hold fast without hatred.”
5.
And the Lord replied:
“My covenant is not broken.
Even if a nation sleeps,
I do not slumber.
I hold its heart in My hand
until it remembers to beat
in rhythm with My love.”

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