AWAY IN A MANGER

The night is silent

The star is bright

The wise-men come by

No Mistletoe, no reindeer

No  decorated trees !

Away in a manger!

The little Savior is born! 

MARY OF MAGDALA

Oh lady at His feet

Washing his divine earthly feet

What  is it,  that drew you?  

What is it that made you realize!

What made you change

Your carnal earthly ways! 

Is it his Eternal  love!

Is it the fear of eternal damnation!

Or is it his unconditional forgiveness!

Weeping and repenting

Washing away your sins

Oh! Penitent Mary of Magdala !

Help us mend our ways! 

CLEANSING MY TEMPLE

My heart is but Jerusalem!

And today!

Jesus!  The son of Man has entered it! 

Riding on the foal of a donkey! 

Waving Palm leaves for faith!

He enters my final destination! 

Hosanna be to him!

But his temple; my once humble soul!

Is sadly, now just a market place! 

Greed, desire and filth

Anger, envy and hate

Freely trade with hedonic passion! 

 A den of robbers it has become! 

Oh Lord! You have entered my heart

You have blessed me with your presence! 

Now cleanse this temple too!

Chase away my vices

Whip away my passions

Make my soul, a house of your prayer again!

Fill me with your divine Love!

Oh Lord of lords! King of the universe!

Hosanna be to You!

SINFUL FEET

Washing sinful feet on this penultimate day!

Oh Lord! How great thou art!

Washing the feet of your fellow men!

Only The Son of Man can do!

With Love and compassion you do shine

As you washed away their grit and grime

You did know, who would go for silver

You did know, for whom the rooster will crow

You also knew, who all would walk away

Yet you washed them all equally! Full of   boundless love!

Oh Lord Almighty! Washing the feet of your fellow men

Washing away their sins they are yet to commit!

Let me humbly learn, from your everlasting love!

WITHERING GRASS

How useless I am, thought the yellowing blades of grass!

Abundant in form and fully grown!

Yet, I do not bear any tasty fruit

My seeds are gritty, and not fit to eat

Oh how worthless I am as a crop!

 Growing without being tended to; but trampled upon by every feet!

Today, I am left with only some aging greenery!

But tomorrow, that too shall wither away!

And once I dry, I’m but a useless stack of hay!

Worthy of only feeding the mules!

So fretted and thought the aging grass!

Before it became the holy hay on which baby Jesus was born!

So friend! Don’t you worry when you wither today!

For the petals of God’s plan will soon blossom before you! 

A SINNER'S PRAYER

Oh lord Merciful and Loving!

Savior of sinners like me!

Blessed is your glory and benevolence!

With sinful hands I have come to you

With sinful hands I surrender

Oh mighty father of forgiveness!

I prostrate before you, in guilt and shame!

As I finally surrender to your heavenly will

Please forgive and accept my humble repentance

I have stumbled again, though you have always guided me

I have strayed away, even when you showed me your way

 Yet your love for me has never changed

Oh lord! So merciful and Loving!

Show me the light of your will

Oh Lord! Creator of all that is created

As I surrender myself at your feet

Fill me with your Holy Spirit!

Fill me with your everlasting grace!

EASTER MORN

Oh rising sun of the Easter morn

Did you know, on this very day?

The son of man has risen before you!

For your sins and mine, he was nailed

But he blesseth us with resurrection

For your vices and ill will, he bore the cross

Yet he cleaneth our souls with love

No earthly tomb could seal his heavenly fate

As he rose from the very dead!

On this very day! Before the rising of the morning sun

The son of man has risen before you!

The son of man has risen,  to set your sinful soul free! 

HOLY FRIDAY

The same voices that sung hosanna, mobbed up for his crucifixion!

The same hands that waved the palms, nailed him to the dreadful cross!

The same eyes wept, as he took his last breath!

 And the same hearts rejoiced on his resurrection!

The same hands still sin every day!

As the same hearts prays to him, for forgiveness!

Oh Lamb of God, bless me on this Holy Friday!           

Cleanse my divided soul with the wisdom of your love!

Dissolve my hypocritical existence!

Overwhelm my pointless ego, with your divine spirit

Oh savior of the soul! Light of the world!

Fill me with your everlasting Love !

PALM LEAVES FOR THE PRINCE

Hosanna! The joyful palm leaves greet and sway!

For the Prince of peace hath come!

Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!

For, blessed be he, that cometh in the name of the lord!

Blessed be he, who hath entered Jerusalem!

So sing with musical hearts of glory!

As you carry the green banners of triumph!

With peace he hath brought us victory

And with Love, he hath conquered it all!

Hosanna in the highest!  As he entereth the gates Jerusalem!

Hosanna in the highest! As he finally entereth my soul!