Long Jac Poems

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 here’s it-cursed
 tossed,crossed, 
lost-indentation 
a winter  numberer,may be    
“evacc-ed  ejectt inject  deject-ed  subjects  -  ”as you like it,man
 “missed Ann entire...

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My doxology moves up the roof 
Hastens highly, and highly with its proof
As the crop of the counting days 
One by one in all ways 

I don't want to be an ingrate 
Just like that...

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When Joseph awoke
He did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him… 
Matthew 1:24


Joseph is a silent hero of the gospels
In Matthew
We had our most extensive encounter with him
Learned that he struggled with the...

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Good and upright is the Lord
Thus He shows sinners the way
He guides the humble to justice
		He teaches the humble his way Psalm 25:8-9 

About a year ago
Life began to change
My son at College came home
For...

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For God Did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world
 but that the world might be saved through Him.  John 3:17

In this season of penance
When we focus on our sins
It’s...

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The guards answered
 “Never before has anyone spoken like this one.” 
John 7:46

If we’ve been part of a conversation grappling with the mystery behind a newcomer’s background
We may find it pretty easy to slide into...

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Listen to my voice; I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk exactly in the way I command you, so that you may prosper. But they did not listen to me,...

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Do not sin anymore
 so that nothing worse may happen to you John 5:14

This past year
People have been rightly focused
Most obsessed
About COVID-19

It has dominated news cycles
Been the focus of discussions everywhere
Precausions shuttered businesses world-wide for...

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They forgot the God who had saved them 
Who had done great deeds in Egypt 
Psalm 106:21


When I am faced with an obstacle or situation that looms large before me
I can measure myself against it
Lose...

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Sing out, O heavens, and rejoice O earth
Break forth into song you mountains
Lord comforts His people
And shows mercy to His afflicted Isaiah 49:13


We commemorate St. Patrick
A fifth century bishop
And former slave
Famous for driving snakes out...

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Lo, I am about to create new heavens 
And a new earth 
Isaiah 65:17

Isaiah describes a new creation of universal happiness
Example food and good health for all
His words seem a stark contrast to our usual...

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The Pharisee took up his position and spole his prayer to himself
 “O God
 thank You that I am not like the rest of humanity-greedy
 dishonest, adulterous-or even like His tax collector.” Luke 18:11

 ...

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I will place my law within them
And write upon their hearts
I will be their God
And they will be my people. 
Jeremiah 31:33

Back in our student days
We learned how bills become laws
How ideas
Written pieces of paper...

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Do not think I have come to abolish the law
Or the Prophets
 I have come not to abolish 
But to fulfill. Matthew 5:17

Jewish history often chronicles religious persecution
Violence
Depression 
Yet Old Testament prophets offered hope with...

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I knew you would break my heart,
the magic we both felt, 
when our hands touched, 
the supernatural connection,
 I hope you felt the electrical thrill too,
 the delightful sensation overwhelmed my heart, 
it's sparked an...

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Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! “to love him with all our heart, with all your understanding, with all your rength, and to love your neighbor as yourself” is worth more...

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