A CROSS FOR YOU

 

A cross for you,

A symbol of your sacrifice

A cross for me,

A sign of my devotion

Across the veil

To the place beyond

To bathe together

In everlasting love

ONE OF THE TWELVE - SIMON THE ZEALOT

 

One of the twelve

Simon the Zealot

Witness of the ascension

Who then spread the Gospels

Far and wide

Was Martyred in Beirut

In the Roman province of Syria

 

Feast Day October 28^th

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