8/23/15 through 8/29/15

8/23/15 through 8/29/15

Sunday

The Eucharist is our main course

It strengthens and provides the force

To meet the challenge of each day

And help us follow in His way.

Monday

In every life a certain one

Shines with a special glow

A light reflective of the Son

That beckons us to grow.

A mom or dad, or family friend

That truly knows the Lord.

Who trusts in Him until the end

Relying on His Word.

Oh, let me be, so many see

In me that special light.

The light of love, from God above,

Dispelling darkest night.

Tuesday

It seems to me, in daily spats,

We often tend, to choke on gnats.

While the highest court that we impanel

Can swallow with ease the whole darn camel.

Wednesday

Receive it as the Word of God

And not the word of men.

Be not a whited sepulchre,

But living flesh! Amen.

Thursday

Be ready not to hide away

Be ready to embrace.

The Master shall return one day,

And Him we all must face.

Friday

The virgins wise, their lamps kept filled

While waiting for the groom

The foolish ones came unprepared,

No trials were assumed.

The oil within, our Faith and Hope,

Supplied by God above.

To keep the lamp flame burning bright

With fire of ardent love.

A flame of empty outward signs

Temptation blows away,

But coaxing winds make steadfast hearts

Burn brighter everyday.

Saturday

The Baptist's tongue will speak no more

His dark set eyes will pierce no hearts.

Though man could separate his parts

His words live on for evermore.

Make straight the path.  Repent.  Believe.

Be washed, and be set free.

He must increase, I must decrease.

Behold the Lamb of God.

8/16/15 through 8/22/15

8/16/15 Through 8/22/15

Sunday

This bread becomes our very breath

The body of our Lord.

Redemption from our certain death

A price could none afford.

The wine, His blood, our saving drink

For parched and thirsty souls

The sinners saved from darkest brink,

The lowly ones consoled.

Monday

Before you lies a blessing

Before you lies a curse

The freedom from confessing,

Or lies to make things worse.

Tuesday

Least in all Manasseh

He hides to thresh his wheat

But called by God to challenge, and

Bring Midian defeat.

The angel of the Lord he saw

And spoke to face to face

Behold, oh mighty one said he

You're called to cleanse this place

Wednesday

With leadership comes sacrifice

A gift of one to all

Controlling of our appetites

And answering the call.

Thursday

Not one thing can be claimed as mine

No praise for things I do.

All I have comes from Divine

Even praise I offer You.

Friday

To love the Lord with heart and mind

The greatest of the laws, we find.

Then like yourself, to love all men

Will please the Father once again.

Saturday

Teach me to choose the lowest place

Teach me to always seek your face

Then finding in humility

Who You intended me to be.

8/9/15 Through 8/15/15

8/9/15 through 8/15/15

Sunday

Strength for the journey

Bond with the Lord

Bread of compassion 

Life giving Word

Lord give me hunger

Lord give me thirst

For what is holy

Placing You first

For in Your Passion

Is my redemption

Life without ending

In resurrection!

Monday

The giver of the gifts should know

Just what we need to bloom and grow

He spoke the word and made it all

His grace is plenty for us all.

Tuesday

The memory of a child's embrace

Is slow to fade away

The innocence upon their face

The loving words they say.

This pure and simple, spotless love

Is how our lives should be

Reliance on our God above

Should be our path, you see.

Wednesday

A glow of light beyond the door

A thirsting soul desires more

A knock to say:  "May I come in?"

The pathway choked by years of sin.

Thursday

Oh Jesus, in this bread so fine

Great comfort, and great strength of mine,

Cleanse me Lord from all my sin

Grant that I, Your favor win.

Friday

His body offered up for her

Her will subordinate to his

Such love will demonstrate for sure

What marriage made in heaven is.

Saturday

The Ark of God, that holy place,

The lowly Virgin, Full of Grace,

The humble and obedient one,

Now reigns in splendor with her Son.

8/2/15 Through 8/8/15

8/2/15 through 8/8/15

Sunday

Do I believe the way I should,

Have His words been understood?

The works I've seen and things I know,

Have shown quite clear the way to go.

But somehow still, I choose my way

That easy and that broad highway

Instead of trusting what He said

And finding Him within the bread.

Monday

For leeks and melons people longed

And would at once return

To slavery where their rights were wronged

If food they could discern.

What price for freedom would I pay,
Have I a will so strong

To disregard the easy way

And find where I belong?

Tuesday

Majestic words cannot describe

No awesome sight could dare explain

The truth to which my heart ascribes

The blessing in His Holy Name.

Wednesday

You see but just the surface

And think you know the whole

Your lips do you no service

When God you don't extoll.

Thursday

In splendid light they heard the voice

He's my beloved Son

So listen now and make your choice

Be like this Holy One.

Friday

Take up your cross and follow me

He offers every soul

The way to find the life you seek

Is giving to the full.

Saturday

Feet on the ground, and hands up high

I ask His holy will

To give to me a loving eye

And help me speak with skill.

7/26/15 through 8/1/15

7/26/15 through 8/1/15

Sunday

The foolish look for merely bread

When even though five thousand fed

On just five loaves, and but two fish

The multitude He gave their wish

Much more He gives to those who see

It's God who works in mystery

With not so ordinary bread

At Mass the multitude is fed.

Monday

A doer, not a hearer

Is what I'm called to be

Not one who finds a mirror

And looks, but fails to see.

But peering at perfection

With persevering stare

Our God provides protection

And blessings everywhere.

Tuesday

The prophets to our fathers spoke

In words disguised within a cloak,

But in our day, with clarity, 

He speaks direct to you and me.

Wednesday

A countenance of Holy Light

The skin of Moses shining bright

Encountering our Holy Lord

The one he worshiped and adored.

Thursday

He walked about in veiled disguise

His face too bright for normal eyes

His features glowing full of grace

When e're he left that holy place.

Friday

It's sad to see the healing art

Become an industry

Forgetting that the true healthcare

Is really ministry.

The Sabbath celebration was 

A gift from God on high

A solemn day of rest because

We need it to get by.

Saturday

He called the sinner to repent

By how he lived and what he said

But Herod, that great coward, sent

And on a whim, John lost his head.