Saint Secrets

Do saints know something that we do not know?
To us the saints all seem a little strange,
they take real serious where we’re supposed to go,
St. Francis proved great willingness to change.

Saints put God first, they show great faith in Christ,
His prayers they pray, His sufferings they do,
like Him, they let themselves be sacrificed,
like Paul, they get a miracle or two.

The saints are famed for how they love and give,
for their heroic virtues in their deeds,
they show they’ve given up sin by how they live,
like Mother Theresa met the poorests’ needs.

Some saints are like John Paul--gifted and great,
O Lord, they seem so hard to emulate.

                         by Pete Voelz      12/19/13