Thursday, 16 June 2022

HELL DOES NOT HAVE TO BE

 

Hell does not have to be

A fiery pit of brimstone

Hell is merely

The absence of God

ONE OF THE TWELVE - JUDAS ISCARIOT

 

One of the twelve

Judas Iscariot

The betrayer

The taker of coins

The lost soul

Satan’s pawn

Hanged himself

Replaced as an apostle

By Matthias

HOLY UNMERCENARIES

 

Holy unmercenaries

Is an epithet applying to

Christian saints,

Who did not accept

Payment of any kind

For good deeds done

Which is I think the very least

One should expect from a saint

ONE OF THE TWELVE - BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE

 

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

CANDLE OF HIS LIGHT

 

Candle of His light

Cast your goodness

In your steady glow

Across the sinful world

And bath us in 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 28th

HAVE FAITH

 

Have faith

In the force from afar

Trust in God

But lock the car

AIDAN OF LINDISFARNE

  Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne Was an Irish missionary monk Who was credited in the 6th Century Of converting the Anglo-Saxons To Chri...