RAFQA AND THE CROSS

You lived in poverty - a life of fasting and prayer.
Obedience to Christ became your way of life and truth.
You asked Our Creator - if it be
Thy will - To help carry Christ's heavy Cross.
Your wish was granted.
The light in your eyes went dark
To allow Christ's Light to radiate in place of your sight.
Rafqa, you walked the Way of the Cross,
You drank from the Chalice of Suffering
For beloved Lebanon to remain a sanctuary - inviolable!
Rafqa, ask God to let us live the Passion of Christ
So that His Will be done
And we enter into Heavenly Glory.
Rafqa! Intercede for us.
Amen.