Love is All You Ask
You know what I need and what I want
I don't really need to ask
But because You love me
I am free to ask for anything
You shower me with goodness I don't deserve
You bless me even if I don't ask You to
Because You love me
I am new every single day
You know how to help Your people
You don't know how to discriminate
Because You love us all
Everything we need, You provide
What else is there for me to do or pray for?
You know everything, You give everything
Because You are love
All You ask is for me to love
To love those who are lost
To love those who are last
To love those who are least
To help and ask how I can help more
To give and ask what else I can give
To love and love even more
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Cecile Angela Belano Adriano Ilagan is Journals Coordinator of the Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Creative Work of the Loyola Schools. She joined Ateneo de Manila University in 2012. She is mom to four Ateneans: Sage, Cian, Kodi, and Q, wife to her longtime neighbor Sonny, and a student of PhD Media Studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman.