Prayer Enders

The sister said my Guardian Angel dear
woud finish any prayer I left undone,
a pious thought, though it was never clear
God blessed such prayers taught by a grade school nun.

I wondered who else prayed prayers left unended,
a Cloud of Witnesses, so says St. Paul,
made up of saints and angels I’ve befriended,
joins me in prayers and always is on call.

I sometimes count on my dear Mother Mary
to finish at days end my Rosary,
and take, no longer small and ordinary,
my ended prayers to Christ her Son for me.

Yet, Lord, let me not take advantage of
their pious little exercise of love.

                       by Pete Voelz     9/19/14