10/30/16 Through 11/5/16

10/30/16 Through 11/5/16

Sunday

If money could buy the forgiveness of sin

If only mere words could change that within

It would take all I own, and then so much more

All the books that are written to even the score

But repentance can change in the blink of an eye

A list of my sin that is broad as the sky

For wider and deeper than seas that are blue

Is Mercy, and sin but a light morning dew.

Monday

Another job is always there

But does it show how much I care,

Or is it just a way to be

So busy that I cannot see

The human need right next to me

For love, and time, and dignity?

Tuesday

This day is set aside for saints

The living and the dead

The instruments by which He paints

The glories up ahead.

The many lights around the globe

That shine in spite of woe

Inviting us to deeper probe

And come the Lord, to know.

Wednesday

At death You purify the soul

That we might have a place

With all the saints, by You made whole

Who now are filled with grace.

That holy pain which purifies

I dread and yet desire

My soul to swab and sterilize

Within the cleansing fire.

Thursday

Metanoia, turn around

And turn away from sin

Repent and let new life be found

Then choose to follow Him

For joy will come when we can see

The error of our way

And then in deep humility

Turn toward the light of day.

Friday

Upon the cross the ledger stood

The Faithful Steward nailed to wood

His book maintained with precious blood

An overflowing font of love

The day will come to settle up

The day when all must drink the cup

And hence, how shall we answer Thee

But Lord be merciful to me.

Saturday

Be faithful in the little things

And see what joy the Master brings

Forsake the money here below

And then true riches you will know.

10/23/16 Through 10/29/16

10/23/16 Through 10/29/16

Sunday

Lord all I have has come from Thee

Yet I exalt as if from me

Every good and holy thing

Is but a gift that You did bring

Why should I boast of what is Yours

My foolish pride Your heart abhors

The prayer that's uttered full of pride

A foolish bluster cast aside

Yet sitting there among the crowds

A humble prayer that pierces clouds

My eyes I cannot raise to see

Oh Lord be merciful to me

Monday

How has Satan bent us low

For oh, these many years

May we rejoice to finally know

An end to all our fears

The weight of sin will pull us down

To walk with crippled gait

The touch of Christ will lift the frown

And help us stand up straight.

Tuesday

A shortage of vocations found

Within the church today

It seems that many men have frowned

Upon the holy way

The priesthood was the first to go

But marriage followed too

When contraception came in vogue

Adultery followed soon

Divorce a commonplace event

Within the church today

For laity have also frowned 

Upon the holy way

There is a purpose to the time

We spend upon this earth

It's more than just a social climb

To gather all we're worth

A husband's called to give his life

In answer to the call

And sacrifice to love his wife

That they may never fall

And women also answer to 

The call of Christ the King

When they a life of love imbue

And fond submission bring

Vocation comes from hearing well 

The gentle loving call

And answering, we then excel

By giving Him our all,

Wednesday

My every breath another gift

Your word oh Lord I search and sift

The narrow gate a scary thought 

When listening to all You taught

Have I trimmed down throughout these years

Or is this all just thin veneers

The saints have shown the simple way

But I care not the price to pay

I know some last will then be first

I know, for love, I truly thirst

But know myself and dread the thought

To hear You say, "I know you not"

Thursday

No reason now to be cast down

Though weakness and our sin abound

He gave us armor, sword, and shield

Against the darkness here to wield

Be fully dressed, prepared each day

To face perverted, evil ways

In present darkness still aware

The sharpest sword is still a prayer

Friday

Simon and Jude are not mentioned that much

But called as Apostles and martyred as such

Faithfully spreading the word in their time

Laid the foundation upon which we climb

Will we stand firm and build higher yet

So those who come after may still higher get?

Our job, like Apostles named Simon and Jude

Is to lead all the hungry to this holy food.

Saturday

Why jockey for position

To find the highest place

When our most true ambition

Should be to find His grace?

10/16/16 Through 10/22/16

10/16/16 Through 10/22/16

Sunday

In pride we're blind, but Love can see

The weakness of humanity

No battle won by strength or might

But through the cross we win the fight

When Moses stood as on the cross

Then Israel would have no loss

But when his arms grew tired and weak

The force of evil then would peak

We cannot tire of doing right

If we expect to win this fight

The cross becomes for those who see

A trusty sword,. . . humility

Monday

Created for the works of good

Each christian soul most rightly should

Be sharing how the Lord has blessed

And bringing Christ to all the rest

Why store the grain and waste the chance

For gospel teaching to advance

By freely sharing Christ convey

For grain unused will rot away

Tuesday

Let all Thy works give thanks oh Lord

Let faithful ones receive reward

For making known the holy way

Their steadfast love You will repay.

Wednesday

Just look around and you can see

How much the Lord entrusts to thee

Then working hard on His return

Much more is given you will learn

But if you waste your time below

What pain and darkness you will know

For with the blessings come demands

The worthless steward never stands

Thursday

Kindle fire within our souls

Bright with many glowing coals

Radiating so intense

It warms whoever travels hence

Fire that chases dross away

Fire that purifies our way

Exquisite flame for cutting through

The bars that separate from You

For blessed the land that calls You Lord

Without all wickedness explored

Whose freedom used for common good

Discover true nirvana would

Friday

We see that day leads on to night

We see that anger picks a fight

We see that water flows downhill

We see destruction from self-will

And yet we mask our emptiness

With pleasures planned to ease the stress

Just killing time so we don't see

Before us lies eternity

The more we turn away from Him

And try to satisfy each whim

The more we self-absorb and splurge

We find amusements more a scourge

Great sadness comes from revelry

And seeking pleasures just for me

But joy in frank humility

And peace through light and purity

Friday PM

Take me through the fire of love

And purge my sinful soul thereof

Attachment to my base desires

By cleansing me in holy fires

Saturday

Each member gifted in some way

To bring the harvest in each day

Each tree appointed to bear fruit

Or else the master will uproot

Though branches sway with foliage fine

We hear the Master there opine

I've fertilized this all around

But find no fruit, so cut it down

Oh Lord you threaten not the weak

But the gifted, strong, and sleek

Each one produce as granted them

Or find themselves at last condemned

10/9/16 Through 10/15/16

10/9/16 Through 10/15/16

Sunday

What leprosy infects the soul

And keeps us from becoming whole

A different kind of leprosy

That just infects the way we see

We judge ourselves entitled to

The many gifts received from you

When we should have a grateful heart

And learn to thankfulness impart

Monday

The Queen of Sheba recognized

The wisdom that the king provides

And Ninevites repented when

The prophet Jonah preached to them

But in our day they look for signs

And observation quickly finds

That most prefer the yoke of sin

To tempering the beast within

Tuesday

Outside are signs of that within

The anger, lust, and greed of sin

By water cleansed becomes the skin

Repentance cleanses that within

Wednesday

So difficult to walk the walk

Much easier to talk the talk

Unfortunate we often choose

The easy way, then find we lose

We see the splinter in the eye

And to remove it we must try

Expecting them to freely thank

The one whose eye contains a plank

We love to take the highest place

Then look on others with disgrace

To hear a greeting loud proclaimed

And be a man of honor named

The lawyer and the Pharisee

Exposed to light we clearly see

Are not what others tend to be

But really names for you and me.

Thursday

Don't flatter Me with empty word

Don't let such hollow praise be heard

But let me see the things you do

And thus receive My praise from you

Each one created for the Lord

And for each one, are blessings stored

Become what you were meant to be

And find the peace you're meant to see

Friday

No secrets in the world above

No lies within the world of love

All there before us plain as day

The light of Truth, or darkness' way

Fear not to let the truth be known

Fear not your sinfulness to own

The One who feeds the sparrow well 

Can save you from the fire of Hell.

Saturday
Come to Me wherever you are

A soul quite near, or one quite far

I made you for this love of Mine

A love, in things, you cannot find

In beauty of the world you see 

A dim reflection there of Me

A spousal oneness, closer still

But not quite yet My holy will

The only love to mend thy soul

To fill you up and make you whole

Is love in answer to the call

Of One who sacrifices all..

10/2/16 through 10/8/16

10/2/16 through 10/8/16

Sunday

Destruction and brutality

Have hastened and surrounded me

My voice it seems to go unheard

The lines of right and wrong are blurred

Now write it down in words of stone

The righteous ones are not alone

And faith the size of mustard seed

Can make this nation cleansed and freed.

Monday

Observe the poor along the road

And meet with mercy freely showed

See within the poor and weak

Christ the King, of whom we seek.

Tuesday

Work to find a humble way

To sit with Him and learn to pray

To rest a while, there at His feet

And there His loving eyes to meet

Wednesday

Father, Maker, the great I AM

You sent Your Son as our Paschal Lamb

Thy will be done on earth today

And grant the bread we need this day.

Forgiving others let us win

Forgiveness now for all our sin

Guide me in the way of right

And make me strong in evil's fight.

Thursday

Deceit no place within His house

But truth and love His chosen spouse

There is no place for men of lies

They cannot stand before His eyes

This day I choose to guard my tongue

This day I work to teach the young

The way of love I know is best

The way to find eternal rest

To put away my foolish pride

And walk along the Savior's side

Trusting Him for all I need

And following His faithful lead

Friday

There is a way of good and right

I'm bound to let you know

That leads from darkness into light

And teaches how to grow

It's not enough to clear the weed

And fallow lie the ground

But plant a new and different seed

That happiness be found

Sow the Word, and let it grow

And flourish in the soil

Then harvest much and you will know

Reward for all your toil.

Saturday

A ready heart He found in her

Whom anything would not prefer

To knowing Him yet deeper still

And following His holy will

She found in Him a resting place

And now we call her Full of Grace

How blessed the one who bore the Son

The Virgin Highly Favored One

In every moment treasure found

With every look and every sound

The Son of God upon her breast

The Virgin Mother highly blessed

9/25/16 Through 10/1/16

9/25/16 Through 10/1/16

Sunday

Everywhere the poor are found

The wooden bell of life will sound

How is it needs that loud implore

We find so easy to ignore?

A judgment made as we pass by

And turn our gaze up to the sky

Attempting not to meet the eyes

For fear of lifting their disguise.

Monday

This day befalls a tragedy

For many in the land

But end it not, with blasphemy

For something from His hand.

Accept it all with grace this day

Forever not the same

Then let the rabble hear you say

Blessed be His name

Tuesday

Let my prayer come before you

Bend Thine ear and hear my plea

Surfeited with suffering

And longing to be free.

Wednesday

What hardened heart has ever known

Success apart from Him

For dissipation's always shown

Alas, another whim.

The kingdom calls for all we own

Hold nothing back at all

Good fortune found in Him alone

In answer to His call

Thursday

Oh, Michael archangel, defender of right

With sword all ablaze, you defended the light

Unwavering, steadfast, and true in the fight

Till all of the darkness was cast in the night

Raphael guide of the lost and confused

The guts of a fish were the things that you used

To drive away demons that killed in the night

Restoring great wealth, and above all, clear sight.

Gabriel, messenger, bearer of news

Sent to the virgin, our Savior did choose

Announcing the time of fulfillment arrived

No longer the world, of the Light is deprived

Friday

Probing the depths of the sea and the sky

Only can prompt, in my soul, to ask why

The God of the morning, and Lord of the night

Would offer His creatures a future so bright.

Saturday

The strangest thing, I now observe

In people, here, that live

The more they freely learn to serve,

The more they freely give.

The more the greedy grab to hoard

And gather up each day

The more they lose of what's been stored

And more that slips away.

9/18/16 Through 9/24/16

9/18/16 Through 9/24/16

Sunday

Every man will serve a master

Some of wealth or power and fame

All will lead them to disaster

Except the One with Jesus' name

Monday

Come into my life oh Lord

Another day I can't afford

Light a lamp to show the way

And lead me to the light of day

Be there beside me every hour

To conquer sin with holy power

To chase the darkness of the night

With true and everlasting light

Tuesday

Like water in your hands oh Lord

I pray that I may be

Always ready to be poured

Wherever You may please

Not willing just to read Your word

But listen and obey

Then act upon what I have heard

And find You new each day

Wednesday

The heavens declare His glory

The stars in concert sing

Each day retells the story

Of blessings that He brings

The order of creation

Each night that turns to day

Proclaims a loud ovation

And beckons us to pray

Thursday

All is here that ever was

Nothing new in what man does

Work to get ahead then find

Alas, the effort all but blind

The sun arises every day

From east to west it knows the way

A new or different interest piques

But ne'er provides man what he seeks

Friday

I fear my love a paltry thing

When on the cross, I see the King

I want a love of purity

But flesh impedes maturity

Instead of seeking heaven's gain

I flee from every hint of pain

And search for Simon on the way

To help me through each passing day

Much better to, a Simon be

And always learn to walk with Thee

Then shoulder well my daily cross

And count all other gains as loss.

Saturday

If we but understood the Word

And acted on the things we heard

Like Mother Mary, we would be

A humble soul that's been set free.

9/11/16 Through 9/17/16

9/11/16 Through 9/17/16

Sunday

Turn around and find again

The paradise we lost back then

When Love would walk there by our side

But we, instead, had chosen pride

And yet we see today like then

A choice for pride or love again

To be like him and bear the pain

That we might walk with Him again

Monday

So full of grace, that simple name

The one whom through the savior came

Within her blessed virgin womb

The son of God began to bloom

Her nursling at abundant breast

Emmanuel, in arms at rest

Love to never wane or tarry

With the name of Virgin Mary.

Tuesday

The widow and the orphan know

That sorrows come, and sorrows go

And in this world that moves so fast

Most manage just to look right past

But Jesus manages to hear

The voices of the poor quite clear

And comfort in the sorrows brings

Through love in many little things

Tuesday PM

Both poetry and prophecy

Can open eyes and make them see

But only to a ripened heart

Can knowledge of the Word impart.

Wednesday

The ugliness of sin revealed

In Christ upon the tree

The sentence for our sin repealed

The captives all set free

No serpent on a pole can heal

The pride or greed of man

The Son of God through His ordeal

And humble graces can.

Lift high the sign of righteousness

That all might see above

The ransom for our sinfulness

The costly price of love

Thursday

In quiet reticence abides

The virgin mother there provides

A model for the holy ones

And through the ages still it runs

A sword would pierce her sinless heart

To all her children grace impart

The sorrows of that final test

Have made our Mother highly blessed

Friday

The fate of all our earthly pangs

Upon the resurrection hangs

The author of this life has said

There is a rising from the dead

Saturday

The trials of each day reveal

The soil which is found ideal

For there alone seed flourishes

Producing much that nourishes.

9/4/16 Through 9/10/16

9/4/16 Through 9/10/16

Sunday

I often sit and there opine

How short this memory of mine

Your written and Your spoken word

Forgotten as if never heard

So quickly lost in earthly care

That springs from almost anywhere

I flit and flutter through the day

Forgetting all the words You say

But Mercy comes anew each morn

And once again new hope is born

You whisper once again to me

And briefly open eyes to see

Someday it will be different when

The Word is fully present then

And sharing in the life divine

The knowledge of the Word is mine.

Monday

I'd rather have a withered hand

And faithful trust in Him

Than find my house was built on sand

When come the rain and wind

Tuesday

We claim it's justice that we seek

But not the justice of the meek

Instead of suffering some pain

We go to court for earth;y gain

Before the procurator stood

The source of all that is that's good

In justice He should be adored

Yet by the judges was abhorred

Wednesday

I've found that in the ways of Christ

The path of life is highly priced

When poverty I freely choose

So many things I also lose

Greed and gluttony, avarice

The things I lose are much like this

The Spirit works inside of me

Replacing pride, humility

A paradox it seems to be

That life requires death in me

But yet this feeds and makes me whole

And lust indulged just starves the soul.

Thursday

The child resembles mom and dad

With features those before him had

That curly hair or dimpled chin

By many ways they're known as kin

But Mary like no other one

Is found resembling her Son

In perfect love, and highly priced

We see in her the gift of Christ

A giving of herself to all

In answer to her holy call

A willingness to suffer shame

In honor of His precious name

I pray that I may one day be

A child in whom the world can see

Resemblance to the One above

Resemblance in the ways of love

Friday

With filth and squalor all around

A single ray of light is found

St.  Peter Claver pray for me

And help me set the captive free

But first I need to lose this chain

That makes me seek for earthly gain

Repent of many sins I own

And then be fit to make Him known.

Saturday

Have I been attentive Lord

And listened to Your word

Or have I been just like the hoard

And those that never heard?

Does it make a difference

Because I hear Your voice

Does it give me confidence

When life demands a choice?

8/28/16 Through 9/3/16

8/28/16 Through 9/3/16

Sunday

Your word, it comes in varied ways

To meet the challenge of the days

Attentive ear and watchful eye

Will recognize and prophesy

But pride will blind the way we see

Through simple, plain, humility

And arrogance will close the ear

To what alone, the lowly hear.

Lord, crucify this mortal flesh

And with a patient love refresh

With eyes that see and ears that hear

Let me always find You near.

Monday

Bewildered in his prison cell

The Baptist asked the Lord to tell

If He was the promised One,

Messiah, and God's only son?

The lame can walk, the blind can see,

Those captive in their sin set free

No longer think your earthly way

But pay great heed to what I say.

Tuesday

With great authority He speaks

And wonders at His hand He piques

The interest of the average man

And starts the Pharisees to plan.

Wednesday

What can the young and weak be fed?

For men of flesh are nearly dead

A solid meal they can't digest

But bread and milk, I would suggest.

Thursday

His sovereignty extends to all

The things that we can see

And far beyond our earthly ball

To all eternity

For to the Lord, belongs the earth

And all with which it's filled

So love Him now for all you're worth

And so His kingdom build.

Friday

Lord grant the wisdom that I seek

Replace the anger, make me meek.

Replace my greed and avarice

With ready love that's generous

Turn envy to contentedness

And gluttony, to wanting less

Instead of flesh that's filled with lust

Give me a heart of love and trust.

Procrastinating, lazy ways

Replace with fertile, fruitful days

Destroy in me, that evil pride

And keep me humbly at Your side

Saturday

What wonder in the skies above

That all up there was made for love

The worlds within the stars that shine,

the smallness of this life of mine.

Yet somehow in this vast expanse

Amid this fine and ordered dance

The One who made this speckled sea

Has come to save and die for me

For love beyond the breadth of skies

To every man this love applies

If I could learn to love like this

My life would be eternal bliss

8/21/16 Through 8/27/16

8/21/16 Through 8/27/16

Sunday

The narrow path is hard to find

The broad way is quite clear

The pleasure way may twist and wind

But nothing there to fear

I know the Lord, I'm good to go

He loves me all the time

No doubt the Lord will surely know

I wrote some holy rhyme

If doors are closed, to my surprise

He'll surely let me in

But when I finally meet His eyes, 

I recognize my sin

Repent, I must while still a chance

To change my way on earth

In humble stance receive His glance

And find in Him new birth.

Monday

Queen of Angels, Queen of Saints

Queen no hint of evil taints

Queen of all that is above

Pure reflection of His love.

Come to me and guide my way

Be my help throughout the day

Make my heart as pure as you

Grant His grace in all I do.

Tuesday

A blinded guide is of no use

A guide that binds and won't set loose

Straining gnats, they swallow still

A camel in their evil swill.

Neglecting that which lies within

They polish up their evil skin

Inside that artificial shine

There dwells an evil vicious swine

Wednesday

The truest child of Israel

Was flayed for Christ, the stories tell

Grant me a faith to his akin

That I would gladly lose my skin

Thursday

Make ready for the Lord's return

On any given day

In faithfulness and trust we learn

To prosper on the way

And prosper not in terms of gold

But in this simple way

To recognize the hands that hold

Our key to every day

Friday

Know we not the day or hour

But we know the strong will cower

Shame will fill the hearts of those
Who willful un-repentance chose.

Hold not against me all my sin

For my remorse cannot begin

To save the beauty that I lost

Except that You have paid the cost.

Restore in me a sinless heart

And once again to me impart

A beauty that is pure and kind

Warm-heartedness, that others find.

Saturday

A given gift that's never found

A talent buried in the ground

Useless and alike are these

For no one will they ever please

8/14/16 through 8/20/16

8/14/16 through 8/20/16

Sunday

Don't stir the pot, but wait on Me

The plan I have is best, you'll see

The Lord knows well what's best for you

For He's the Master of the stew

Now fix your eyes upon the cross

And all the rest just count as loss

For Christ endured the cross and shame

To win for us eternal gain

Monday

Arrayed in gold, at Your right hand

The queen in glorious splendor stands

Our model of obedient love

In glory with our God above

Tuesday

A boastful heart so easy found

yet humble ones are true and sound

For all we have is purely gift

In thankfulness our praises lift.

Wednesday

Should envy rule within the heart

Of those who worked all day,

Or joy, that Master does impart

To others equal pay?

Thursday

Our stony hearts must be removed

For that's the way His love is proved

When idols and all filth are spurned

A heart of flesh is then returned.

Friday

When bones are dry and in the grave

They seem impossible to save

But You can give them flesh and skin

And cause a changing from within

But flesh and bone alone are weak

And far yet more is what we seek

We need the breath of life to rise

And meet our maker in the skies

Friday PM

The faith of all the saints in glory

Tells a resurrection story

For with the blood of martyrs spent

He calls the masses to repent.

Saturday

May we turn from wicked ways

That we may find much brighter days

Then make our land of fruited plains

A land that's free of sinful chains

With humble and repentant hearts

A true prosperity then starts

Raise up an apostolic band

Then bring Your glory to this land.

8/7/16 Through 8/13/16

8/7/16 Through 8/13/16

Sunday

Hard at work for what can't last

The same old story as the past

Hanging on to that which flees

Will never be the way to please.

Monday

Does not the Teacher pay the tax?

If you, but only, knew the facts.

The subjects are exempt, you see

The foreigners, must pay the fee.

But it will be just as you wish

We'll get the coin from in the fish.

Tuesday

The Word can sweet as honey be

The nourishment of those who see

But most will never read the book,

And judge the Word by how we look.

The greatest pages that they see

Will be the children close to Thee

For know the Kingdom that they seek

Is filled with humble and with meek

Wednesday

A given life, the seed that's sown

The surest way of love that's known

To sway a heart, and change a mind

In hopes that faith, they also find.

When scarcely sown we scarcely reap

To others then the faith looks cheap

But when we pay the greatest price

The faith is found much more than nice.

Thursday

Forgiving calls us to repent

And with this call, we all are sent

To let the world know how to live

To turn from sin, and sin forgive.

Friday

Found naked and without a home

Left on the streets and all alone

I bathed and dressed you, called you Mine

Prepared you for a love divine

Your hair I set with braids and curls

Your neck I draped in finest pearls

In robes of silk embroidery

I made you more than royalty

A beauty pure, but not complete

Your beauty squandered on the street

A beauty made for love divine

Your beauty cast among the swine

One made for love, but lost in lust

Finds no one on this earth to trust

But shame and silence enter in

When out of love, I pardon sin.

Friday PM

Here I come not just to pray

But here to listen and obey.

A quiet place to hear Your voice

And ponder how to make a choice

Lord strip away the greed and pride

And all that clings to me inside

Let me detach from all these things

And see what pure devotion brings.

Saturday

The childlike You call Your own

In them we find Your joy made known

No care on earth disturbs them when

They find Your favor once again

7/31/16 Through 8/6/16

7/31/16 Through 8/6/16

Sunday

Oh vanity of vanities

No creature here on earth can please

No wealth or riches, fortune, fame

To rival what the poor can claim

Though seeming here so destitute
Possessing joy one can't refute

For when love permeates the soul

We are complete, we are made whole.

Monday

With bread of life may I be fed

Attachment to the world be shed

And then within Your presence find

The treasure of my heart refined.

Tuesday

What little faith I have in Him 

Who walked across the sea

When stepping out to sink or swim

He reaches out to me.

I want to find that solid rock

But waves beneath my feet

Create in me a mental block

That leads me to defeat

Someday I may be strong enough

To do it on my own

But that's the day when sure enough

I find myself alone

My gaze must fix upon His eyes

That beckon, "Come to Me."

For what will steady one who tries

Is grace that comes from Thee.

Wednesday

The greatest strength in every man

Is weakness to the king,

But lean on Him, the faithful can

And He refreshment brings.

Our every care is His concern

There's none too large or small

By trusting Him the faithful learn

He cares for one and all.

Thursday

Jesus help my will conform

According to your way

From sinfulness my life reform

To follow and obey

For now I think as mortal man

Not in Your loving way

Help me to work within Your plan

And guide the things I say.

Friday

Oh mother spark within your child

The grace to never be defiled

The grace to love my daily cross

The grace to count the world as loss.

Saturday

Transfigured right before their eyes

On mountaintop, removed disguise

The Father's voice from in the cloud

This is my Son of whom I'm proud

Yet on the plain, down here below

The plot took shape we've come to know

A shameful death the elders say

Will rid our nation of this Way.

So marred beyond the face of man,

How could this be within the plan?

Yet what the elders saw as loss,

Became the Triumph of the Cross.

And now in glory shining bright

He reigns in victory o're the night

No longer must we walk in fright,

But be transfigured by His light.