2/20/22 Through 2/26/22

 2/20/22 Through 2/26/22

Sunday

Mercy shows the better man

Who walks within the Master's plan.

So many times forgiven we

Must merciful to others be.

A horrid dread should I receive

A just reward, and not reprieve.

For all my many sins have shown

The One that's good is God alone.

Monday

Discussing evil does no good,

So why this waste of time?

By prayer and fasting Christians should

Rebuke the evil kind.

We're called to action, not to talk

Of evil's power and might,

To boldly speak and walk the talk,

To conquer in the fight.

Our boasting in the flesh will bring

No wisdom from above.

Of foul and jealous hearts will spring

No fruit of selfless love.

Such talk the demons love to hear

Distracting from what's true

They win the fight because of fear

And trusting not in you.

So humble be, and speak your plea

By trusting God alone.

With prayer and fasting you will see

His healing love is shown.

Tuesday

The Chair of Peter I have seen,

The foot of which bears polished sheen

From many pilgrims bowing there

Submitting to the faithful chair.

My Jesus wrote no treatise long,

Not even just a little song

To point the way or guide the flock,

But gave the keys to truth unlock.

And Peter trusted with those keys

In humble service there would please

To guard the faith that's true and clear

That all on earth should one day hear.

One faith alone where one goes deep

To all His teachings truly keep.

The Church, the treasury of old

That feeds and tends the Father's fold.

Wednesday

To know the right and do the wrong,

To go along to get along,

The way of comfort and of ease

Will not the Lord of love now please.

For love will always take a stand,

The gift of self its great demand.

One steadfast in the mighty storm

The lure of wealth cannot reform.

I wish that man of love was me

A selfless man of dignity,

But wide and spacious oft I choose

O'er narrow way, and freedom lose.

A martyr's zeal I wish I knew,

With ardent faith and courage too,

But simple daily trials wear

And set me for another snare.

If simple things too much for me

Then how that final day will be!

For mercy I must ever call

Or to the dreaded pit I fall.

One day, no more, is but today.

This day alone you know the way.

Have courage in the little things,

And see what else His mercy brings.

Thursday

The Kingdom's here before our eyes,

But few it is, to enter tries.

Instead we look to earthly gain

As if on earth, we'd all remain.

But none as yet have cheated death,

All breathe someday their final breath.

Then gold and silver seem so pale,

And all the worldly riches fail.

The place above, so far removed,

Of He who moves, but is unmoved

Counts not the temporal wealth of gold,

But lasting wealth that we behold.

For love remains when all else fails

And entry there great love avails.

We sever ties with ways of sin

If there we wish to enter in.

Friday

Each marriage is a holy bond

As when at first our race had dawned.

The two as one were made to be

An image of the Trinity

Where all is given life is new.

There now is one where once was two.

In total gift we find the joy,

What God has joined let none destroy.

Saturday

Let the children come to me

For such as those all men should be.

With innocence and trust they find

The peace and joy that God designed.

No complicated ways of man,

But simple love and trust that can

Bring joy amidst the daily cares

And save us from the earthly snares.

The snares of worry, greed, and fret

That earthly mindedness beget.

The sloth and envy, greed and lust

That cloud the mind and weaken trust.

For none of these the spirit quell

Or of the ways of God will tell

But innocence unclouded sees

And innocent are such as these.