ONE OF THE TWELVE - JOHN BROTHER OF JAMES

 

One of the twelve

John the beloved disciple

Son of Zebedee

Son of Salome

Named by Christ

With his brother James

Sons of thunder

A simple fisherman

Turned to a fisher of men

By Jesus of Galilee

One of the four Evangelists

John was the only disciple

To witness the crucifixion

While dying on the cross,

Jesus instructed him

To take care

Of his mother Mary

Witness of the ascension

Who spread the Gospels

Far and wide

John died at Ephesus

Have lived to an old age

The only un-martyred apostle

 

Feast Day December 27th

JOYFULNESS

 

Joyfulness

On high

Yeshua is born

For all mankind

Unconditional

Love for the world

ONE OF THE TWELVE - JAMES THE GREATER

 

One of the twelve

James the greater

Son of Zebedee

Son of Salome

Named by Christ

With his brother John

Sons of thunder

A simple fisherman

Turned to a fisher of men

By Jesus of Galilee

Witness of the ascension

Who spread the Gospels

Far and wide

Martyred in Jerusalem

By King Herod Agrippa I

 

Feast Day 25th July

WALK WITH GOD ALONG THE PATH OF LIFE

Walk with God along the path of life

When a spring is in your step

And at times when you must trudge

He will be your companion

So feel the blood of life course

And feel his love course with it

With every beat of your heart

As you walk with God

 

ONE OF THE TWELVE - SIMON PETER

 

One of the twelve

Simon Peter

The son of John

Brother of Andrew

From the village of Bethsaida

On the Sea of Galilee

Originally a fisherman

Turned to a fisher of men

By Jesus of Galilee

Denied Christ three times

After the crucifixion

Witness of the ascension

Who spread the Gospels

Far and wide

And founded the Christian church

Becoming the first bishop

And the first Pope

Before his own crucifixion

In godless Rome

Under Emperor

Nero Augustus Caesar.

 

Main feast 29th June

THE SUN RULES IN DAYLIGHT HOURS

 

The Sun rules in daylight hours

Shining light across the shadow

The Moon rules over the tides

In their perpetual ebb and flow

But God rules in the heavens

In benevolence over all below

ONE OF THE TWELVE - ANDREW THE APOSTLE

 

One of the twelve

Andrew the Apostle

The son of John

Brother of Simon

From the village of Bethsaida

On the Sea of Galilee

Originally a fisherman

Turned to a fisher of men

By Jesus of Galilee

Witness of the ascension

Who spread the gospels

Far and wide

Martyred by crucifixion

At the city of Patras in Achaea

 

Feast day 30th November