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At The Apostle Saint Matthew's Good Mood
I saw Emmanuel come forth through Galilee.
He spoke of David's, and Isaiah's, poetry.
He told and taught us of a well assured Salvation;
and even called a crooked tax collector----me!---
into holy apostleship as my vocation.
Though crucified and slain, He rose up from the dead,
and dawning joy replaced our own sunsinking dread
(of course, exactly that was what He often said).
And, rising that new First Day, He went on ahead
to Galilee, His "down-home." We followed to see
(and seeing, worshipped Him). Secured now, from the lurch
of this lost world, and Rome's nasty administration,
we found in Jesus Christ our souls' real exultation
as He, in Galilee's regions, constructs His Church.
Starward
