Sunday, 1 May 2022

FILL MY CUP WITH CHEER

 

Fill my cup with cheer

Dear Lord,

But let me be merry

And not drunk

Let me be a companion

And not a burden

Let me be happy

But not foolish

Let me know

When it’s time to go

And deliver me

Safely to my door

AS JOYOUS AS A SONG

 

My love for you

Is as joyous as a song,

Sung in congregation

With the faithful throng

SIMPLE FAITH

Faith is a very simple thing

Between you and your God King

Don’t let the legion of Clergy

Over complicate by liturgy

The church does not own our Deity

God is inherent in the laity

Saturday, 30 April 2022

ONE OF THE TWELVE - PHILIP THE APOSTLE

 

One of the twelve

Philip the Apostle

From the village of Bethsaida

On the Sea of Galilee.

Witness of the ascension

Who spread the Gospels

Far and wide

He was martyred

By beheading

In the city of Hierapolis

 

Feast Day 3rd May


HEAVENLY BODIES

 

The sun gifts us

With warmth and light

Endowing and sustaining

The green earth with life

Then when day is done

After the setting of the sun

The Moons silvery disk appears

Boldly bright through its phases

And stars are liberally sprinkled

Across the curtain of night

These gifts from God

Make our days complete

ONE OF THE TWELVE - JAMES THE LESSER

 

One of the twelve

James the lesser

Son of Alphaeus

A tax collector

Witness of the ascension

Who then spread the Gospels

Far and wide

James son of Alphaeus

Was beaten, stoned

And clubbed to death

 

Feast Day 1st May

BELTANE

 

Beltane, on May 1st

Is one of the four

Gaelic seasonal festivals

Beltane marks

The beginning of summer

And the end spring.

Celebrated with feasting,

The decorating of homes

With May flowers,

Visiting the holy wells

And the lighting of bonfires

AIDAN OF LINDISFARNE

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