9/25/16 Through 10/1/16

9/25/16 Through 10/1/16

Sunday

Everywhere the poor are found

The wooden bell of life will sound

How is it needs that loud implore

We find so easy to ignore?

A judgment made as we pass by

And turn our gaze up to the sky

Attempting not to meet the eyes

For fear of lifting their disguise.

Monday

This day befalls a tragedy

For many in the land

But end it not, with blasphemy

For something from His hand.

Accept it all with grace this day

Forever not the same

Then let the rabble hear you say

Blessed be His name

Tuesday

Let my prayer come before you

Bend Thine ear and hear my plea

Surfeited with suffering

And longing to be free.

Wednesday

What hardened heart has ever known

Success apart from Him

For dissipation's always shown

Alas, another whim.

The kingdom calls for all we own

Hold nothing back at all

Good fortune found in Him alone

In answer to His call

Thursday

Oh, Michael archangel, defender of right

With sword all ablaze, you defended the light

Unwavering, steadfast, and true in the fight

Till all of the darkness was cast in the night

Raphael guide of the lost and confused

The guts of a fish were the things that you used

To drive away demons that killed in the night

Restoring great wealth, and above all, clear sight.

Gabriel, messenger, bearer of news

Sent to the virgin, our Savior did choose

Announcing the time of fulfillment arrived

No longer the world, of the Light is deprived

Friday

Probing the depths of the sea and the sky

Only can prompt, in my soul, to ask why

The God of the morning, and Lord of the night

Would offer His creatures a future so bright.

Saturday

The strangest thing, I now observe

In people, here, that live

The more they freely learn to serve,

The more they freely give.

The more the greedy grab to hoard

And gather up each day

The more they lose of what's been stored

And more that slips away.