Year For Priests (poem)
To My
Adopted Priest
Francis, in
1. You are
the priest whose name I have acquired
In this
Year For Priests to pray,
And even
beyond this time required,
With a
prayer specially to say.
2. I have
decided to continue
This
support of faith and hopes,
For I want
to contribute
To you and
your entrusted folks.
3. Jesus
has said where there are two
Who are
united in his name
There in
their midst he will be too (cf. Mt 18:20)
And his
hand will bless the same.
4. Prayer
is not limited
By distance
or geography.
Rather
prayer’s infinite.
That is
sound theology.
5. May your
apostolate be blessed,
And God
give you eternal rest.
What your
efforts represent
Is the work
done by his hand.
6. May the
Spirit be your strength,
May your
work be truly his,
May he
cover width and length
Of your
efforts for the promise.
7. Praise
to the Father and all the merit.
We profess
and we proclaim
The Father,
Son and holy Spirit.
And the
Gospel in God’s Name.
8. Your life
to Mary I entrust.
I place you
under her protection.
You are her
son and that is just.
She is your
mother and consolation.
Francis, in
Francis de
Ruijte, Sorel-Tracy, 2009 September 19-22.
Document
created: 2009 September 19.
Latest
update: 2009 October 17.