One of the twelve
Matthew the Apostle
Born in Galilee
Was a former publican
Turned tax collector
From Capernaum
Before answering the
call
Witness of the
ascension
Witness of the resurrection
One of the four
Evangelists.
Who then spread the Gospels
Far and wide
Was killed with a
spear
In the city of Nadabah
In Ethiopia
Feast Day 21st September
At the end of his long life
A Godly man passes
into heaven
Where he sits with God
And revues their
Journey again
While he looked back
Sitting at Gods right
hand
He saw it represented
by
Two sets of footprints
in the sand
But he noticed that at
times
There was just one set
When he was at his
lowest
And he was very upset
So he spoke to God and
asked
That in the scene he
was shown
Why at the hardest
times
He walked the path
alone
No my son you are mistaken
At those times God
said
I thought it would be
more fun
If we hopped instead
One of the twelve
Doubting Thomas
Sometimes called
Didymus the Twin
Or the Apostle of
India
Was a carpenter by
trade
Witness of the
ascension
Who was gently rebuked
After the resurrection
For his scepticism by
Christ
Before exclaiming
"My Lord and My
God,"
Thomas was the only
witness
Of the Assumption
Of Mary into heaven
He then spread the Gospels
Far and wide
But was stabbed to
death
With a spear
While in India
At a place called Calamine
Calling all you Angels
Amidst the heavenly
host
Come in the name of
God,
Father, Son and Holy
Ghost
Answer the clarion
call
Of the sombre Last
Post
And take the fallen
hero
Amidst the heavenly
host
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
The scroll of the seven seals
Rested in God's right
hand
Until he bade his son
The Lion of Judah
To break the first
seal
And the Lamb did so
And from the broken
seal
Appeared a white horse
Bearing the conqueror
Carrying a bow,
And wearing a victor's
crown
God then bade his son
The Lion of Judah
To break the second
seal
And the Lamb did so
And from the broken
seal
Appeared a red horse
Bearing the warrior
Carrying a sword
And wielding the power
To take peace from the
world
God then bade his son
The Lion of Judah
To break the third
seal
And the Lamb did so
And from the broken
seal
Appeared a black horse
Bearing the bringer of
famine
Carrying a set of
scales
Finally, he bade his
son
The Lion of Judah
To break the fourth
seal
And the Lamb did so
And from the broken
seal
Appeared a pale horse
Bearing a rider called
death
With hell close behind
him
With power over a
quarter of the earth
To kill by sword,
famine, plague,
And by the wild beasts
of the earth.
The four apocalyptic horsemen
rode forth
On the charge of the
dark brigade
One of the twelve
Bartholomew the
Apostle
From the village of
Cana
On the Sea of Galilee
Witness of the
ascension
Who spread the Gospels
Far and wide
After converting
Polymius
The King of Armenia
He was put to death
By the Kings brother
Martyred on the cross
In Albanopolis in
Armenia
Feast Day August 24th
