6/8/25 Through 6/14/25

 6/8/25 Through 6/14/25

Sunday

Your Spirit Lord, I need to know

To light the way, I need to go.

His many gifts, my food each day,

My sustenance along the way.

Remind me Lord of all I've learned

My face, to You, keep always turned.

Shine Your light of Love within,

Keep me always far from sin.

Spirit, whisper in my ear

Draw me ever to Thee near.

Bend my will to love Thee more

Shower gifts from in Your store.

Use me as a tool for You

Make me fresh as morning dew.

Drive the demons far away

Be near to me and always stay.

Monday

There's one who said, yes, and says yes every time

The Mother of God and my subject of rhyme.

She reigns as the Queen and I beg of her now

That I always say yes, as she did somehow.

Too often I fail in the smallest of ways

Not fasting, but choosing instead just to graze.

How can one so weak ever last in a storm,

When spit from the mouth as one just that's lukewarm?

I need her resolve and the grace from her Son

To shine in the dark with the victory won.

Forgiveness and mercy to draw from despair

Her weak little child who's caught in a snare.

The flesh must be trained to obey that above

Forsaking the selfish in favor of love,

To crucify daily the temporal desire

And choose with the will for the cleansing of fire.

So, show me the chances I have through the day

To choose to be strong and to follow His way.

Then bring about vict'ry by changing my heart

This day with your graces, anew I will start.

Tuesday

His flavor enlivens the bland,

He does what the Father has planned.

But what good are they who refuse to obey?

They're worth but a bucket of sand.

Wednesday

A man they said was good and true

Went searching for the ones like you

Who saw the world as fleeting now

And looked for lasting truth somehow.

He preached the Gospel plain and clear.

He knew the cost, but laughed at fear.

His joy was sacrificial love

To spread the word of God above.

Encouragement, his greatest gift

To all their downcast spirits lift.

He joined with Paul to tell the Earth

Of Jesus Christ and second birth.

Thursday

Too often, Lord, Your word is veiled

And every try to teach has failed.

The life of love too few have seen,

From self-indulgence, all must wean.

The Pagans long ago declared

How odd the depth of love they shared.

But now such words not often heard,

True love, by many, deemed absurd.

Forgive and help us Lord to turn

And act to all with true concern.

Let we, in one another see

The light of love which comes from Thee.

Friday

Oh, shine Your light within my soul

Expose the dark and make me whole

It's only when I die to sin

That life can truly dwell within.

The hardships of the present day

Are not a hindrance as we pray.

We know, like Christ, we too shall rise

And overcome all evil plies.

A sacrifice of praise He claims

And selfishness within He tames.

In thankfulness, I call on One

Who sacrificed His only Son.

Those simple sins I keep around

Are far more dangerously found

When seen from eyes of Perfect Love

And still may keep one from above.

I need Your ray of light to see

The dust that flies around in me

Then let You clear away the sin

And make the room for love within.

Saturday

Yes is yes, and no is no.

That's the way that man should go.

No more need, no more want

Just the truth to evil haunt.

Mary, bearer of the Child

Mary, pure and undefiled

Yes, you answered every day

Gain that grace for me today.

Let me see beyond the veil,

Let me see from where you hail.

Understanding love so fine

Let that choice be always mine.

Ne'er a selfish mind to sway

Only yes, along the way.

Yes, in trial, yes in dread

Yes, receiving daily bread.

Full of Grace, my model be

Make me docile, just like thee.

Always yes, and never no,

Lead me on the way to go.