6/7/26 Through 6/13/26

 6/7/26 Through 6/13/26

Sunday

Truly His Body and truly His Blood

Food for the soul with the Spirit a flood

Grace for all living our life here below

All that we need in His flesh to bestow

All who are hungry, come eat and receive

The greatest of gifts a man could conceive

Heaven on Earth in the Mass every day

Why are so many still going astray?

They see not the beauty given them here

How God, in the flesh, is coming so near

They see a symbol, and not what is real

Missing the blessing of this sacred meal.

Monday

Our help is from the Lord, you see

He guides our steps to make us free

He tells us how to live each day

By teaching us the Father's way

He guides us when the way is grim

And teaches us to trust in Him

He gives us all we need in time

To make the ever upward climb

He blesses us in many ways

With all we need to clear the haze

And comforts those who persevere

And all who trust will find Him near

The World's ways are not His own

More blest, the way the Savior's shown

The persecuted, poor, and meek

Receive the peace and joy they seek.

Tuesday

Trust is the key to so much every day

He loves us and wants to be showing the way

But first He must see if we hear and obey

Or simply ignore what the Father will say

The widow was fed for over a year

She was freed of despair and eager to hear

The voice of our God to be trusted each day

To point where to walk on the long, narrow way

You, too, He is calling to hear and believe

So, more than a morsel your jar will receive

But when you have heard, you must pass it along

So more to the ranks of beloved belong

Wednesday

The Lord!  The Lord!  The Lord is God

No other but a useless fraud

The fire comes from God alone

To lick up water, wood, and stone

Consuming all, the fire glows

For now, the skeptic surely knows

The only One with pow'r to save

Is One who conquers o'er the grave

No law to change, but here fulfill

According to the Father's will

Rejected here, this Sacrifice

Of One so holy would suffice

The Law in shadow, now in light

The victor in the final fight

What was at once a sign of shame

Has now become our vict'ry claim

Thursday

Encouragement is what we need

To stay the course and faith to feed

To manly perseverence learn

And never from His word to turn

In Barnabas, such grace was found

In glory now, this saint was crowned

For he encouraged all to see

That Jesus died and rose for thee

Our troubles faced on Earth below

Are real, but trifles where we go

For just as labor turns to joy,

With Christ, we perfect love, enjoy

The gift outweighs the temporal pain

Our sacrifice for lasting gain

Don't fall, but carry on in love

For lasting peace awaits above.

Friday

His love extends beyond the mind

For there the poor and lonely find

A love far deeper than the sea

Is what He offers there for me

One naked and exposed to all

To rescue man from his great fall

The Heart of Love, the spear once burst

Now flows to slake our every thirst

Love Divine, beyond all telling

Here and now, with man is dwelling

On the altar, there abiding

Every grace for man providing.

Saturday

Unstained by the mark of a single ill deed

A Mother like this, every child does need

A Mother whose mantle will shield and protect

And arrows of evil defend and deflect

The angels alone have the voices to sing

The mortal can try, but not high enough bring

The words to describe what her yes means to man

The bridge that from death unto mercy would span

The portal through whom our Salvation would come

Conceived by the Spirit, the gift of the Son

Receiving the Word by her yes every day

Reflecting and acting on all He would say

A heart with such fervor, I beg for, my Lord

No longer one weak, but where sin is abhorred

A one that is docile and easy to mold

A one that the hand of Your Mother would hold

When time on the Earth has expired for me

I pray that Her face, in the heavens, I see

And walk by Her side to the Throne of Your Grace

To find You have made, just for me, there a place.