Prayers and Poems by Shay Cullen
The Earth
April 21, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
The Earth Shay Cullen I sit and watch the gentle tide roll to the pebble beach and listen for that swoosh as the foamy white rushes on the sand I wonder why it’s there and I am too. For the endless days pass in semi-isolation, as I walk alone on grassy shores and dunes, and […]
Read More...Prayer for the Victims of Drowning by Human Traffickers
April 20, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Prayer for the Victims of Drowning by Human Traffickers Father Shay Cullen You taught us a great truth Lord that the children are the most important of all, you said for us to be with them is to be with you. They are precious and how many perish in the angry seas as migrant boats […]
Read More...Prayer for True Love and Friendship
April 20, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Prayer for True Love and Friendship The greatest value brought into the world is the meaning of love that is to help from compassion the stranger in need without seeking reward. Lord, you and your true followers showed us by example that It is natural to care for our family and relatives but you showed […]
Read More...Darkness to the Light
April 16, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Darkness to the Light The aggressive gurgling, of the coffee percolator spluttering like a tiny squib, Protesting to all the world its suppressed anger like what I feel at the incompetence of the greedy powerful leaders, corrupt as many are, Unwilling or unable to respond with compassion and concern for the millions infected by corona, […]
Read More...Prayer for Myanmar
April 15, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Prayer for Myanmar Shay Cullen The courage and resilience of the people of Myanmar in facing down the cruel military with protests and defiance inspires us Lord to speak out and act against the injustice as you did. May the international community stand against the violence and mass murder and let a million voices cry […]
Read More...Prayer for freedom from tyranny
April 14, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Prayer for freedom from tyranny Shay Cullen Secret cells hold the fragile bodies, the wounded and accused, They have no evidence but the power to torture the innocent and abused. For what, we ask, for the twisted evil pleasure of inflicting hurt and pain, Violating rights, crushing spirits, they trample dignity and illegally detain. The […]
Read More...Prayer for Innocent Detainees
April 8, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Prayer for Innocent Detainees Shay Cullen We recall especially this Easter the unjust jailing and imprisonment and torture of You Lord, because you defended the poor and spoke up for the oppressed and healed and help them. Today the human rights defenders are being arrested and tortured all over the world. They are suffering unjust […]
Read More...Throwaway Children
April 8, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
Throwaway Children Why so many walk the empty streets, lost and so alone, On the garbage dumps, in the sewers, they live as Throwaway children without a family or a home. We have a special day, but they need so many more, They are wounded and abused, they are hurt, they are sore. The children […]
Read More...When the Pandemic has Passed
April 6, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
When the Pandemic has Passed Shay Cullen When the day of hope is with us we will see the light, when the Pandemic and fear is gone, Then we open our hearts and sing a song. Let there be freedom to mingle together, let there be joy where life was dark. When the pall of […]
Read More...A poem for Easter
April 3, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
A poem for Easter Shay Cullen He is risen! What a great surprise, wonder, amazement, That He walks among us risen from the dead, Hard to believe by the disciples, Never accepted by the Pharisees, it is a fraud they said. The soldiers’ guarding the tomb were bribed to silence, shocked with awe Warned to […]
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