11/1/15 through 11/7/15

11/1/15 Through 11/7/15

Sunday

Who are these ones in robes of white

Please tell me Mighty One

Blood from the Lamb has made them bright

Disciples of the Son

Monday

Beloved dead have run the race

Their lot in life is cast

No chance to find another grace

Or mend a sinful past

They hope in us from here below

Through prayer and sacrifice

That God, on them, will soon bestow

The gift of endless light

Tuesday/Wednesday

If I've but just one gift to give

Let it be faith that you might live

For all is naught without the Lord

Accept the gift wealth can't afford

Dear children of my wedding vow

I wish to spend with you somehow

More than some time along the way

Eternity in endless day.

I didn't know when we first met

What blessings I, through love, would get

For love was then two souls embraced,

But grew to many trials faced.

The tiny seed was planted then

And watered with commitment when

Each difficulty we would face

Would bring with it sufficient grace.

To love, the challenge for each life

For celibate, or man and wife

And know, in spite of times we fall

The Lord, in time, will conquer all.

Thursday

We foolishly stray from the Word

And leave the safety of the herd

Then in our lost and wandering way

The Shepherd comes to find the stray.

Friday

The crafty steward knows the way

Of dealing with his kind

But commendation brings dismay

Dishonesty enshrined.

Saturday

Sadness over something lost

Should be for us a sign

A warning that attachments cost

Connection to the Vine.