Prayers and Poems by Shay Cullen
Protecting the Planet
June 9, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Protecting the Planet Have you ever seen the sun set upon the sea, The migrating birds fly in formation proud. Have you ever seen the mighty forest and heard the birds sing clear and loud? Have you seen the flowers in the meadows and the fields that provide the nectar for the bee? That gives […]
Read More...A Doctor’s Prayer
June 7, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
A Doctor’s Prayer I see the suffering children and say I must help, I see the pain and hurt and I know, I can’t ignore when I feel and hear the call To respond and do my best To reach the sick and end the pain and bring healing, and respite. So few of us […]
Read More...Saving the Planet Earth
June 1, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Saving the planet Earth Let the students march and speak, Let the youth protest and cry, Let the day of justice roll on, May they change the world with truth and confound the lie. The world is heating, we are cooking ourselves to death, We are burning coal and oil and everything we can, We […]
Read More...The Mercenary
May 24, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Mercenary You may despise me with disgust for the arms I bear and the wars I wage, For the payment that I earn for the killings and the rage. I carry anger and hate of those who did me wrong, I was beaten and abused and suffered until I was strong. Then with […]
We are one
May 24, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
We are one Shay Cullen Give us the strength of mind and heart, with friendship by our side, Knowing we are not alone but in family love we are grounded and reside. The power to meet the challenges of each and every day. Is within us to endure and heal and overcome the pain no […]
Read More...Prayer for Peace
May 21, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Prayer for Peace Lord may mortal men and women with courage and concern, stand against the violence and destruction and from their just action we can learn. In the land where you once walked and taught, tolerance and the love of justice and the truth, there is anger and oppression and hatred at the root. […]
Read More...Morning Prayer
May 19, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Morning Prayer 19 May 2019 Fr. Shay Cullen Lord, May mortal men and women with courage and concern stand against the violence and destruction and from their just action we can learn. In the land where you once walked and taught tolerance and the love of justice and the truth there is anger and oppression […]
Read More...The Occupation
May 11, 2021 · By Shay Cullen
The Occupation What injustice do we see in the State of Palestine? Surrounded, hemmed in, occupied, a war undeclared, Human lives are lost and children killed, The rage ignites, the anger grows unbared. Hate continues, planes bomb, children dead. Land is grabbed and illegal settlements spread. The occupants of Jerusalem East are disposed, Driven from […]
Read More...Covid the Deadly Virus
May 4, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Covid the Deadly Virus Covid, the curse that engulfs the world, people released it from the wild, At first they thought that it was weak and mild, Yet it’s relentless spread, like lightening in a storm, strikes everyone, the old and newly born. The people die at the hospital gates, in the vans gasping for […]
Read More...To Walk the Earth
April 27, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
To Walk the Earth Shay Cullen I walk the earth and see that life is everywhere, In every plant and insect, in the forests, in the woods, Where the rocks are laid and seem so bare yet there the moss still grows. In the water of the streams, in the ponds and rivers fish have […]
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