5/24/15 through 5/31/15

5/24/15 through 5/31/15

Sunday

When the Holy Spirit came

In flashing tongues of holy flame

Timid ones stood and proclaimed

With love, the power of Jesus' name.

Without the fire of God within

We're far more apt to fall in sin

But with the Spirit's seven fold power

We're clothed to meet temptation's hour.

Monday

Remembering the fallen ones

This day we set aside

To call to mind the sacrifice

Of those who fought and died.

Protecting freedom in our land

So generations hence

Could live in liberty and peace

All bought at their expense.

We must respect their gift to us

By living everyday

As ones who care for others in

The same self-giving way.

Tuesday

The call to simple sacrifice

Will greet us every morn

We must control our appetites

For us to be reborn

Not suffering repeated blows

Or asked to give our all

But giving up what no one knows

Through works considered small.

Wednesday

The island of my ancestors

was once a source of pride

A faithful Catholic people with

The Church to be their guide.

But through the years the thorns have grown

Among that goodly seed

The worldly cares of day to day

The things we say we need.

Somehow their faith has come to be

A loser in the fight

Regardless of majority

A vote can't make it right.

I used to think the first command

Was useless in our day.

Who bows to calves, or carves a god

To worship anyway?

But we have turned our carnal lust

Into that sacred cow

Where to the simply deviant

We now just turn and bow.

The laws of love were given when

He made them man and wife.

Their unity the chosen way

Of bringing forth new life.

Have we not seen throughout the years

That following His plan

Leads to true prosperity

For each and every man?

Oh Lord, remove the blinders

Help us all to see

That following the laws of God

In truth will set us free!

Thursday

The cry that oft we dare not say

Is, "Lord, I want to see"

For in the light He shows the way

That we were meant to be.

Friday

No time to sit and recreate

It's time now to accelerate

Our search to harvest needy souls

Intensifies as we grow old.

Saturday

Wisdom, friend and guiding light

Come and make my pathway bright

Give me courage to endure

Always faithful, true, and sure.