By Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M. Our going forth in mission is notTo form, much less build, a church.Rather, our coming together in faithIs to inspire, enable and encourageOne another to go back out into t…
By Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M. Not from on high, looking down onSome restless, nameless crowdBut rather standing on level groundWhere all are equal, no one higherNor lower than the next,Jesus, neither ri…
By Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M. Open wide the doors of graceLet every saint and sinner in.Welcome every tribe and raceTo help each person seek the faceOf God who ever dwells therein. Open wide the doors o…
By Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M. On a city street of asphalt and concretewhere last winter’s ice cracks a stubborn sidewalk,a defiant dandelion takes root and proudlyPuts forth its floral sunburst. A you…
By Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M. Far, far worse than wandering alone abroadA stranger in an alien nationIs returning to a place you once called homeRecognizing words but no longer their meaningSeeing unfam…
By Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M. You, who delivered us when we were still enslavedBy sin and selfishness, do not abandon usNow in our time of despair nor turn your faceFrom our pitiful plight when all else…