Living Relics

I wish we had St. Peter’s shadow here,
where it would fall, the sick would all be cured,
but relics must be things we can revere,
for often they do miracles we’re assured.

So Christ left us His image on the Shroud,
and science can’t explain how it is there,
His picture on it shouts to us so loud,
it casts its mighty shadow everywhere.

The Shroud’s a photographic negative,
Christ’s shadow through the ages does persist,
but He’s made more than just His shadow live,
His whole self in His Holy Eucharist.

Your relics, Lord, aren’t shadows from the past,
but living Church and Sacraments that last.

                       by Pete Voelz            4/1/15