1/12/25 Through 1/18/25

 1/12/25 Through 1/18/25

Sunday

"You are My Beloved Son"

This grace of graces Jesus won

The Perfect One of sinless stripe

Was born to Earth when time was ripe

One born a man in Bethlehem

The Promised One of Jesse's stem

One donning flesh and blood to show

Adopted brothers where to go.

He showed what's possible for man

That humble love and mercy can

Renew a world that's lost in sin

If we but let His Spirit in.

With grace received in Sacrament

Each Baptised soul, by Heaven, sent

To spread the news, God's precious Son

Upon the Cross, our victory won.

Monday

In days of old were people told

In riddles and in ways.

But now so bold, all men behold

The King of all the days.

He comes to show what people know

Is far from all that's true

He comes to sow and make us grow

Into the life anew.

A dozen men were chosen when

His time to preach began

The word back then, and now again

Confounds the common man.

His way declares that one who dares

To love will find the way

The Cross He shares with one who cares

To listen and obey.

So far again from thoughts of men

This sacrifice of love

But as back then, He shows again

The way to home above.

Tuesday

He taught as with authority

As One who knows what's good for thee

As One who sees the hidden things

And light to darkened spaces brings.

As none before, His word would pierce

But not as Master strong and fierce.

As One with love ne'er seen before

As One of goodness to the core.

His way of touching human hearts

A flood of Heaven's grace imparts

A vision true and clear as day

He paints for faithful to obey.

Not like the others, crass and loud

Who speak among the gathered crowd

His voice allures the thoughtful mind

To open eyes which 'fore were blind.

Wednesday

Getting up before dawn His voice can be heard

In quiet and stillness the Spirit is stirred

Alone with our Lord before breaking of day

The ears are attuned to the things He will say.

Much busyness blinds to the world that's unseen

In quiet and stillness much Wisdom we glean

Our lives can pass by in the blink of an eye

And there's nothing beyond that money can buy.

Stock up on the currency needed above

The tender beyond, of forgiveness and love.

Make time to commune with the Maker of all

Without taking long, you'll be hearing His call.

If then you would answer, "To me let it be."

His glory, and power, and might you would see.

His will is the life and the truth and the way

Our joy is to listen and then to obey.

So simple the path we can follow to win

But often we're tempted away into sin

Still worse, is indifference, not thinking we need

A will but our own in this life to succeed.

Just try it.  I beg you  to sit there alone

And see if His will not to you is made known.

There's none persevering who hear not His voice

But to hear and obey is always your choice.

He always will give us what freely we choose

But choosing our will over His we will lose

His will is the best as the eons have shown

So quiet yourself, let His will be made known.

Thursday

The leprosy is but a sign 

Of how we stray from His design

He wishes cleanliness for all,

But we must hearken to His call.

Not if, but when He calls to you

The grace to hear and act pursue.

For when we act on what we hear

We know His Spirit hovers near.

So when He calls be hardened not

The docile one is not forgot

He feeds with every grace we need

To in His mind of love succeed.

His way may seem a total loss

Akin to One upon the Cross

His ways so far above our ways

We see as through a milky haze.

But when the morning sun shall rise

We'll see with ever clearing eyes

His way of love has conquered sin

It's time to let the sunshine in.

Friday

A wayward and rebellious one

Will not be there when day is done

For only faithful find the way

To rest with Him at close of day.

His works are brought to mind each day

Another step along the way

In Him alone, our hope abides

In flesh and blood, our God resides.

Too hard for some to so believe

But they, of love, are so naive

No bound'ries for this love sublime

Eternity who enters time.

Forgiving sins and healing lame

To call the sinners forth, he came

To bring His Kingdom here on Earth

And offer man a second birth.

Our God has come within our midst

But many here, His presence missed.

Remember all our Lord has done

You too, can be to Him, a son.

Saturday

Him to whom we all must give

Account for how we work and live

Sees all as naked and exposed

There's none to Him is undisclosed.

So let us hold to what we know

And follow where we're called to go

Our every weakness He has known

And how to overcome has shown.

With confidence approach the throne

Our God is God and God alone

All grace and mercy finding there

With peace and love beyond compare.

The words, "Come follow." clear are heard

But some consider this absurd

For who with sinners here would dine,

For sure no king or god of mine?

But so it is our humble King

To every kind of man will bring

The words to set the captive free

The words for you and words for me.

Come follow where the Master trod

The Humble One our Lord and God

Scourged and naked, hanging there

Crowned and beaten, man to spare.