HAVE FAITH

 

Have faith

In the force from afar

Trust in God

But lock the car

ONE OF THE TWELVE - THADDEUS THE APOSTLE

One of the twelve

Thaddeus the apostle

Also known as Jude

Witness of the ascension

Who then spread the Gospels

Far and wide

Was Martyred in Beirut

In the Roman province of Syria

 

Feast Day June 19th

  

BEYOND THE SILVER MOUNTAINS

 

Beyond the silver mountains

Lies the undiscovered country

Where I will pass into the blue

And you will be there to meet me

I will walk over the mountains

And join you in God’s country

In the peace beyond the tears

And be together for eternity

ONE OF THE TWELVE - MATTHEW THE APOSTLE

 

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

 

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

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

 

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