Poems and Prayers

Poems and Prayers appropriate to the Liturgical Calendar, Feast Days or Special Events. Poems and Prayers used in the past can be found in the archive.

A Child's Wish
By Abram J. Ryan

I wish I were the little key
That locks Love's Captive in,
And lets him out to go and free
A sinful heart from sin.

I wish I were the little bell
That tinkles for the Host,
When God comes down each day to dwell
With hearts He loves the most.

I wish I were the little chalice fair,
That holds the Blood of Love,
When every gleam lights holy prayer
Upon its way above.

I wish I were the little flower
So near the Host's sweet face,
Or like the light that half an hour
Burns on the shrine of grace.

I wish I were the altar where,
As on His mother's breast,
Christ nestles, like a child, fore'er
In Eucharistic rest.

But, oh, my god, I wish the most
That my poor heart may be
A home all holy for each Host
That comes, in love, to me.