3/16/25 Through 3/22/25

 3/16/25 Through 3/22/25

Sunday

So, count the stars if so you can

And so the blessings offered man.

No ear has heard nor eye has seen

What lies beyond this earthly scene.

Our membership lies not below,

His faithful Son our way will show.

The Cross to greater glory leads

All suffering His joy exceeds.

We're told quite clearly, listen well

His words the path of life will tell.

The glory on the mountain shown

Is there for those He calls His own.

Monday

Our sinfulness, Lord overflows

The depth to which we've fallen grows.

Rebellious in our many wrongs,

Not one of us with You belongs.

Ashamed of who we've grown to be

And knowing all Your eyes can see

There's only mercy we can plead

And mercy, Lord, is what we need.

You call us Lord, to act like You

Forgiving others what they do

Compassionate with those who fall

In matters large or matters small.

Tuesday

All you holy saints and angels

Who in Paradise at rest

Show us clearly through the ages

How to pass the final test.

How to turn away from sin

And defend the orphan's plea,

How a new life to begin

And the plight of others see.

Though our sins be just as scarlet

They become as white as snow

Though we've often played the harlot,

Now virginity can know

Our offerings are worthless

If we fail to lend an ear

They hold no weight or purchase

If His word we fail to hear.

For the vict'ry's in the doing

Not the preaching of the word

Quite a shocker now is brewing

If obedience deferred.

For the humble, then exalted

And the prideful, brought down low.

All the self-important faulted

While to Heaven humble go.

Wednesday

The one who hears and then obeys

Will find great peace throughout his days

He speaks to all, but few respond

While most, by lying voices conned.

The busy noises of the day

Too often overtake the way.

By drowning out the still and small

So man can't hear his sacred call.

We must, like Joseph, learn to be

A man of silence so to see

The lamp that lights the forward way

Through every trial, come what may.

Unlike the days of yesteryear

The active din is always near.

When twilight and the dark descend

The artificial lights ascend.

Soon, filling every moment there

Distracting with annoying glare

So, daily, we must work to find

A quiet place to clear the mind.

But persevere and find the still,

For there you'll find His perfect will.

And if, in wisdom, you obey

Great peace and joy He will convey.

Thursday

In Lasarus and Dives we see

An archetype of you and me.

Too often, though, the rich are we

Who fail to hear our neighbor's plea.

One lying there right at our door

We turn our heads and just ignore

Too busy with our cares each day

To spare a coin, or even pray.

We see them as no use for those

Who walk around in finer clothes

Who dine on beef that's special fed

While they just seek a scrap of bread.

Our eyes must open wide to see

The poor as people just like we,

Our brother on this earth below

That we must love and come to know.

Or one day in the land beyond

We'll find a chasm wide has yawned

With poor and humble safe and sound

And rich in flames of terror found.

Friday

When evil seems to be in charge

Just know God's love is looming large

For evil self-destructs in time

And good will conquer over crime.

The very deeds of evil done

Are used to make the vict'ry won.

God turns the tide so what they do,

But aids His plan for life anew.

The one they sold as slave became

A royal one of lasting fame.

The darkest day upon the Earth, 

God turned around to bring new birth.

So, look upon your trials now

And know they'll work for good somehow,

Then trust His love by pushing on

And know that soon, will come the dawn.

Saturday

Why such mercy, why such love?

I cannot fathom life above

Where all our sin He wipes away

And greets the sinner such a way.

The mind of man is oh so small

His understanding, far from all.

The Father wishes all be saved

Especially those sin enslaved.

But some can't see how love abides

And every joy of life provides

In giving all, how all is gained

And how such love is so explained.