Archive for March, 2014
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday – 1st day of Lent
A season of prayer, fasting, and penance as preparation for the Resurrection of Our Lord on Easter Sunday.
My Rosary Beads
A little pair of Rosary Beads, as plain as plain can be,
But only God in Heaven knows how dear they are to me.
I have them always with me at every step I take,
At evening when I slumber, at morn when I awake.
In bright and cloudy weather, in sunshine or in rain,
In happiness or sorrow, in pleasure or in pain.
It helps me in my struggle. It reproves me when in sin.
Its look of gentle patience rebukes the strife within.
In days of pain and anguish, the greatest help I knew
Was to hold my Rosary Beads until I calmer grew.
So when the time approaches when I will have to die,
I hope my little Rosary Beads will close beside me lie.
That the holy name of Jesus may be the last I say,
And kissing my sweet Rosary Beads my soul may pass away.