WE’LL REACH OUR GOD

We’ll reach our God,

In heavens palaces

Leaving our bodies,

Heavy like stone,

And take flight

On angels wing

And bathe in His glory

For all eternity

THE CHOIRS OF HEAVENLY HOSTS

The Choirs of Heavenly hosts

The angels, Archangels

Principalities and Authorities

The Virtues, Dominions,

Thrones or Orphanim

The Cherubim and Seraphim

The Holy Spirit

My lord Jesus Christ

And the Heavenly Father

Protect me all my days

CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN

 

Born to a noble Roman family

In the 3rd century AD,

Crispin and Crispinian,

Persecuted for their faith,

Fled their homeland

And travelled to Gaul

And preached Christianity

To the Gaul’s in Soissons.

They made shoes by night

To support themselves

And also aided the poor

But their evangelical success

Brought them to the attention

Of a jealous Rictus Varus,

Governor of Belgic Gaul,

Who brought their good works

To a savage end

THE FAVERSHAM SAINTS

 

A Christian Legend tells

That Crispin and Crispinian

The Roman Princes,

Saints and shoemakers,

Lived for a short time

During the 3rd century

In the Kent town of Faversham

The association is recalled

By a plaque on the Swan,

In Market Street

SAINT CRISPIN'S DAY

 

Saint Crispin's Day

Falls on 25th October

And is the feast day

Of the martyred twins

Crispin and Crispinian

The Christian Saints

Martyred c. 286

THE FEAST DAY OF SAINTS CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN

 

25th October is the feast day

Of Crispin and Crispinian

Although now removed

From the Universal Liturgical calendar

Of the Roman Catholic Church

The Sainted Twins

Are still commemorated

On that day in the Roman Martyrology

And the feast remains as a

“Black Letter Saints' Day”

In the calendar of the Anglican

Book of Common Prayer

I HAVE ALWAYS HAD FAITH

I have always had faith

An unaccountable

Unshakable faith

But only in God

My faith in him

Was a constant

The only constant

In an uncertain world

 

It was the Church

I had no truck with

My faith did not extend

To the institution

Of the Church

Or its instruments

Its rituals and

Mechanisms of control

 

I have no issue with

The Church family

Well meaning folk

One and all

Doing the great things

And the small with equal relish

They are just not for me

 

I chose to worship alone

Just me and my God

My Church was a quiet wood

My Cathedral a hill top

 

So to stand before the cross

In the old Chapel

Was a departure for me

A departure from the norm

But exceptional circumstances

Called for exceptional measures

It was an old place

An ancient place

A powerful place

A conduit to God

To amplify my faith

 

So I fell to my knees

In the ancient chapel

Humbling myself

Before my God

And I prayed