UN POEMA DE UN NIÑO DE LA CALLE

          Para la muerte no soy ningún extraño,
          Ella vive conmigo cada dia.
          Me tienta con mi tumba,
          Y me oculta el precio que tendre que pagar.

         

ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT TO THE DIVINE MERCY

     OH MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, YOUR GOODNESS IS INFINITE
AND THE TREASURES OF YOUR GRACE INEXHAUSTIBLE.  I
TRUST BOUNDLESSLY IN YOUR MERCY,  WHICH IS ABOVE
ALL YOUR WORKS.  I CONSECRATE MYSELF TO YOU COM-
PLETELY AND UNRESERVEDLY, SO AS TO LIVE AND STRIVE
FOR CHRISTIAN PERFECTION.

     I WANT TO SPREAD YOUR MERCY BY PERFORMING
WORKS OF MERCY, BOTH SPIRITUAL AND CORPORAL,
LABORING ESPECIALLY FOR THE CONVERSION OF SINNERS,
BRINGING CONSOLATION TO THOSE IN NEED, TO THE SICK
AND THE SUFFERING.

     GUARD ME THEN, OH JESUS, AS YOUR OWN POSSESSION
AND YOUR OWN GLORY.  THOUGH I SOMETIMES TREMBLE
WITH FEAR, AWARE OF MY WEAKNESS, AT THE SAME TIME
I HAVE BOUNDLESS TRUST IN YOUR MERCY.  OH, THAT ALL
PEOPLE WOULD COME TO KNOW THE INFINITE DEPTHS OF
YOUR MERCY, WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME, SO THAT THEY
MAY PLACE THEIR TRUST IN YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE AND
GLORIFY YOU FOREVER.

                                                  AMEN

GUIDE TO HAPPINESS

                         THINK DEEPLY
                         SPEAK GENTLY
                         LOVE MUCH
                         LAUGH OFTEN
                         GIVE FREELY
                         PAY PROMPTLY
                         PRAY ERNESTLY
                         AND BE KIND

PENNY

          I FOUND A PENNY TODAY
          JUST LAYING ON THE GROUND,
          BUT IT'S NOT JUST A PENNY
          THIS LITTLE COIN  I'VE FOUND.

          FOUND PENNIES COME FROM HEAVEN
          THAT'S WHAT MY GRANDPA TOLD ME,  
          HE SAID ANGELS TOSS THEM DOWN
          OH, HOW I LOVED THAT STORY.
     
          HE SAID WHEN AN ANGEL MISSES YOU
          THEY TOSS A PENNY DOWN,
          SOMETIMES JUST TO CHEER YOU UP
          TO MAKE A SMILE OUT OF YOUR FROWN.

          SO DON'T PASS BY THAT PENNY
          WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BLUE,
          IT MAY BE A PENNY FROM HEAVEN
          THAT AN ANGEL HAS TOSSED TO YOU.

A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR LOST SHEEP

          THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS,
          WHOSE GOODNESS FAILS ME NEVER.
          I NOTHING LACK IF I AM HIS,
          AND HE IS MINE FOREVER.

          PERVERSE AND FOOLISH, I HAVE STRAYED,
          BUT YET IN LOVE HE SOUGHT ME;
          AND ON HIS SHOULDER GENTLY LAID,
          AND HOME, REJOICING, BROUGHT ME.

          IN DEATH'S DARK VALE I FEAR NO ILL,
          WITH YOU, DEAR LORD, BESIDE ME;
          YOUR ROD AND STAFF MY COMFORT STILL,
          YOUR CROSS BEFORE TO GUIDE ME.

          AND SO THROUGH ALL THE LENGTH OF DAYS,
          YOUR GOODNESS FAILS ME NEVER;
          GOOD SHEPHERD, MAY I SING YOUR PRAISE
          WITHIN YOUR HOUSE FOREVER.
         

I AM HIS CHILD

                    UNDER HIS WINGS I AM SAFELY ABIDING.....
                    THOUGH THE NIGHT DEEPENS
                    AND TEMPESTS ARE WILD;
                    STILL I CAN TRUST HIM......
                    I KNOW HE WILL KEEP ME....
                    HE HAS REDEEMED ME
                    AND I AM HIS CHILD.
  

CONSAGRACION AL INMACULADO CORAZON DE MARIA

OH, VIRGEN MIA, OH MADRE MIA, YO ME OFREZCO ENTERAMENTE
A TU INMACULADO CORAZON Y TE CONSAGRO MI CUERPO Y MI
ALMA, MIS PENSAMIENTOS Y MIS ACCIONES.  QUIERO SER COMO
TU QUIERES QUE SEA, HACER LO QUE TU QUIERES QUE HAGA.  NO
TEMO, PUES SIEMPRE ESTAS CONMIGO.  AYUDAME A AMAR A TU
HIJO JESUS, CON TODO MI CORAZON Y SOBRE TODAS LAS COSAS.
PON MI MANO EN LA TUYA PARA QUE ESTE SIEMPRE CONTIGO.

                                                                                   AMEN