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Saints' Days

St Valentine (14th February)

No cards on the mat this year I see...
A day to remember love
The joy
The hurt
The glory
The good.
A day to remember
A Roman man called Valentine
Who refused to give in, and gave his life as a consequence.
May my love be as strong
As persistent
As good
As his.
May I too embrace love
And say ‘Yes'
To love,
To life,
To life in all its fullness.

St David (1st March)

A small man
Who stood on a hill
To preach
And be seen and heard.
Would I look for that hill
Or would I prefer to remain unseen?

St Patrick (17th March)

Was he Irish or Welsh?
Maybe English?
What does it matter?
This man took God's love
To people who abused him
Used him as a slave.
This man took God's love
where no one else had.
And I wonder
Where and how can I do the same?

St George (23rd April)

England and St George.
Flags and cheering
Scouts and brownies marching
Daffodils and tulips.
Just who was he?
A brave man
who fought for what was good and true.
Easy to say
Hard sometimes to find the opportunity
Or to glimpse it as it passes
May I recognise the chance today
To see what is good and true
And act to celebrate both
And act in good and true ways

St Mark (25th April)

So all I know about you
Is that you were in a garden
And saw your friend arrested.
You ran away. The only evidence that you'd been there
Was a linen robe.
But, later,
You wrote down Peter's stories
And so I hear Jesus
Through the work of your pen.
And I wonder
Will people hear Jesus
Will they know love
Through the words of my life?

St Andrew (30th November)

The fisherman
Whose brother was taller
Louder
And more impetuous.
But you introduced them.
You said ‘Simon
Come and meet Jesus.'

May I be proud
of the introductions
that I have made.

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