By dovemarie
January 1 marked the new year of 2024. We pray that all tension, war and political, will decrease in this new year. January 7th we celebrated the Baptism of the Lord. Epiphany means "manifestation." The Lord manifests Himself to us in different ways - through church, work, festivals, holy days, holidays, education, nature. January 14th was my birthday. I celebrated with Mass at a local Shrine, sang "Amazing Grace" at Mass, and went to a hockey game with my friends. Jan. 15th was the birthday of Martin Luther King. We pray that all diversity in ethnic groups and racial tension will be alleviated during this year.
By dovemarie
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Happy New Year darling,
We're apart, that's true
But through my tears, and all these years,
I celebrate with you
Holidays are joyful
There's always something new
But every day's a holiday,
When I'm near to you
The lights on my tree
I wish you could see
I wish this every day...
Logs on the fire
Fill me with desire
to see you and to say:
That "I wish you Blessed Yuletide,
Happy New Year too,
I've just one wish on this New Year's Day-
I wish I were with you; I wish I were with you...
Happy New Year! Happy New Year...darling!"
| Author Notes | I composed this poem last year on New Year's morning. It was inspired by the Carpenters' "Merry Christmas Darling," and can be sung with that melody. I think of my son - I haven't seen him since he was a toddler. Now he's in his 30s, and I don't receive any news of him. |
By dovemarie
Here are my New Year's rules,
The upcoming months tools:
Mend and repair a broken heart
Fix severed relationships
Clean out from your soul and spirit
All the cobwebs surrounding them
Do not hammer nails into your fellowmen
Acts of virtue are pliers that can remove them
Weed, hoe, and water your gardens
Tender care of fruit and plants
Brings forth health and beauty
These rules for 2024
Will open a peaceful door
| Author Notes | Thanks to alaskapat from Fan Art Review. |
By dovemarie
A Divine Man,
A human man
I love them the best I can
Beloved hearts
My whole heart divided into parts
One Man formed me from dust-
To His will, bend I must
The other man gave me what he could
For me to ponder as I would...
Spiritual love - with this I dance
His heart soon to be pierced by a lance
Emotional love, edged by romance,
I gave him chance after chance
Hearts of the beloved
Formed into one
Grace and hope never to be outdone
Two streams of life, shining under the sun
| Author Notes | Valentine's Day falls on Ash Wednesday this year, so I combined two loves into one in this poem. Thanks to avmurray from Fan Art Review. |
By dovemarie
Dr. Martin Luther King
Marched to make freedom ring
He was leader of civil rights
And visited Asia and Africa,
Witnessing many sad sights
With his every breath
He stood for justice
Up to the day of his death
He left a wife and children behind
Cut down by a bullet from a sick mind
He asked a friend to sing
"Precious Lord, Take My Hand,"
Moments before he left this land
His spirit will never die
All must join in justice' outcry
Discrimination, humiliation, abomination
Must be eliminated from our nation
Black, white, brown, yellow or red,
All must carry on the movement he led
| Author Notes |
A little over a month late, but I was thinking about the April 4 death of Dr. King
Thanks to Tumisu from Pixabay |
By dovemarie
In March of 2024, I celebrated Easter with singing, lectoring, serving Holy Communion, and leading the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Stations of the Cross. It was difficult for me, as I had a back injury from a car accident, yet I managed to get up on the altar and take part in the reading of the Passion of Our Lord, and I recorded the Stations of the Cross and the Chaplet. I felt as though I was truly taking part in Our Lord's Passion, as He suffered excruciating pain on Good Friday. But He also arose from the dead, and I feel as though we can all rise from the death of our problems, pains, and sufferings.
By dovemarie
Thank you. American
Merci. French
Gracias. Spanish
Obrigado. Portuguese
Grazie. Italian
Arkoun. Khmer
Hvala. Croatia
Cam on. Vietnamese
Xiexie nin. Chinese
Eucharistia. Greek
Danke. German
All these words mean "thank you". I learned the French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Greek, and German words from reading and from hearing people from these cultures speak in these languages. I have Vietnamese and Cambodian friends also, and they taught me the word in their language. I have visited France, Italy, Medugorje, and Portugal on pilgrimages. If everyone around the world would constantly give thanks to their religious deity and to each other, the world would be a better place.
| Author Notes | Thanks to PrintonDemand from Pixabay |
By dovemarie
C-hristmas season
H-amas terror without reason
R-uined lives
I-sraeli troops fight
S-oldiers advance by day and night
T-ortured screams
M-en, women and children
A-ssaulted, killed
S-uffering in bloody streams
C-onflict
O-ver all
N-ightly
F-ear
L-ove
I-s
C-rushed by
T-orturous hate
| Author Notes | Thanks to tprzem from Pixabay |
By dovemarie
Four candles, a journey bright
Guiding us to a Holy night
From God's Heart a baby is sent
The Baptist calls us to convert and repent
Our Advent path
Will stay Divine wrath
Peace and joy, faith and grace
Illumine each and every face
Birth in a lonely, cold, poor place
Saves the whole human race
| Author Notes | thanks to Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay |
By dovemarie
Every day is a happy Thanksgiving
All our days spent in gratitude for living
All of us, from greatest to least
Is lovingly invited to a Heavenly feast
Here on earth, many have none,
May God bless, keep and provide for everyone
Thanksgiving is a time of sharing and peace
We pray for health, blessings, and that wars will cease
In the fields, bountiful harvests abound
Yet we cannot rest until world unity is found
| Author Notes |
I was fortunate enough for the past several years to have two thanksgiving celebrations, one a week before Thanksgiving, the other on the regular Thanksgiving Day. This year, 2023, I will have had three meals, one on Nov. 16, at my day program, one on Nov. 19 at my church, and one on the regular Thanksgiving Day, with my friends. I am so thankful. God bless all of you!
Thanks to Lucien van Oosten from Fan Art Review. |
By dovemarie
November harvest
Cooking for Thanksgiving feast
Holiday blessings
| Author Notes | November is filled with holiday flavors, food, the new harvest, and the memory of how Indians and whites got together for a feast. Thanks to Gordon Johnson from Pixabay |
By dovemarie
Stars glistening down on a shiny puddled street
Kids running around for "trick or treat"
Black cats sliding around every corner
Funeral home lights glowing on each mourner
Bats blindly flying,
Night birds crying
Faces of the homeless, peering out from an alley,
Places where you slink by and dare not dally
Tramps huddled on a bench, just skin and bones
Holding out their hands for passers-by loans
Owls hooting far up in trees
Stealthy gray squirrels scooting where they please
Lone dog howling in the dark
Candy-wrappings blowing around in the park
Jack-o-lanterns shining through windows
Ghostly white moon glows
| Author Notes | Thanks to DC Williams from Pixabay |
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