Jan 12, 2024
O shepherd and doctor
of God’s holy Church,
is this not what you would declare
with all your breath
to the ends of the earth:
“Jesus is the Son of God
and God Himself”?
Would you not proclaim
the true light of Scripture
and the Word, the Light,
become flesh in our midst?
Know, O saint of the Lord,
that your words reach our ears
and our hearts
even to this day,
and this day we proclaim you holy
and your words true –
continue to speak to us;
please intercede for us,
that the Truth you declared
so fearlessly
will be taken up again
by those in His stead today.