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Deacon Andy Cirmo

This is all new to us today
The things we hear Jesua say 
About curing fault with another
But this seems like a difficult way
 
Our first impulse is to correct
Then to seek personal relief
But Jesua teaches patience
And in our fellow man, belief
 
Ooh this authority he gives
Is a heavy weight to bear
He places forgiveness in our care
Yet his priority is very clear
 
He trusts us with so very much
We worry about handling and blame
Yet with his word as a clear guide
We’ll be successful just the same
 
What Jesua gives us to hold now
Is a weighty burden to bear
But we know it is also right
For it is our very role to be fair
 
Dear Jesua we now know
The role for you we play
In guiding all to righteousness
 all to you this way
 
We will follow your command
And handle all issues with care
Just as you have fully taught us
With your loving mercy and love
For what you have entrusted 
Is based on the law from above
Help us to always prayerfully act
In ways of peace and mercy
And resist our impulse to react
That we always may act with love

Deacon Andy Cirmo

Deacon Andy Cirmo

Long have I prayed for help
And over time have lost hope
This evil power is so much to bear 
All we can do is try to cope
 
This little girl, my daughter
Has not done anything wrong
Yet is tormented day and night
By voices which don’t belong
 
In my desperation I search
For something or someone to cure
For she hasn’t done wrong at all
And is blameless I am so sure
 
Yet I have seen this man and heard
His words and works marvel all
Healing the sick and forgiving sin
Will he even listen to my call
 
For his people despise us
Yet this Jesua seems to love all
Many marvel at his words
More than Jews does he call
 
Oh my child needs some rest
From what torments her life
I will approach this man to see
Maybe he can end her awful strife
 
Yet we are not of his faith at all
We worship other gods than they
Yet to all I have heard his call
For her I will risk reaching out today
 
Instead of disgust and rejection
He looks upon her with love
And u0pon my tears with gentle face
Calling down power from above
 
From this moment on I believe
This man is from a power beyond
Sent to save and heal us all
Beyond borders his love is a bond
 
He looks upon her with a smile
From her mouth we all heard
Jesua, Son of God have mercy
We will all leave at your word
 
My daughter smiled once again
After so long in her pain
And I though not a Jew believe
We will see his loving face again

Deacon Andy Cirmo

As we sailed toward the east
From the mount where Jesua went
We wondered why he did not follow
But knew, to prepare, we were sent
 
For Jesua said he would join us
We heard a great crowd would come 
Just like it did on the other shore
Our work there had already begun

Yet we are all so very frightened
As the seas rise up boil and roll 
Tossing our boat like a cork on water
Fearing the sea will take us as its toll
 
As we all prayed to God we saw
A sight with disbelief and fear
Our Jesua had appeared on the waves
And slowly through the waves came near
 
As he did so often Simon jumped up
Calling out to the figure to see 
Recognizing this impossible sight
Could only be Jesua, Only HE
 
And as impulsive as he was, he leapt
Into the stormy waves all about
As we all feared he’d drown
A he was tossed far and about
 
SImon so boldly reached for his hand
Yet slipping under a wave
We believed him lost from us
Yet so quickly Jesua reached to save
 
I believe screamed Simon as he rose
And he and Jesua climbed in
The seas calmed as we all knew
For us a new time had begin
 
For Jesua had shown us all
The Father’s amazing power
That through him all would be
Only he knew the place and the hour
 

Deacon Andy Cirmo

The crowds followed us
We cannot believe they all came
Way too many to count today
And nothing now could be the same
 
As we had followed Jesua for years
And were his closest friends
We had no understanding at all
Of how this began or it ends
 
The people long for him to be
The One awaited for so very long
The One promised of old
And all wanted with him to belong
 
Longing for his words they came
Seeking fulfillment of dreams
For so many years we all had prayed
That all is as true as it seems
 
For they ached for his teaching
While the priests watched with envy
As his words brought dreams to life
And the crowd grew to so many
 
“Teach us Master” they cried out
As the Pharisees looked on with hate
We stayed close to him to hear
As they pressed and wouldn’t abate
 
And many looked for something to eat
As we told Jesua to send them home
He told them all to take a seat
That he would never leave them alone
 
They were hungry and the day grew long
Surprised at our concern he said
You give them something to eat 
But all we had was 2 fish and 5 bread
 
How could we do this with so little
We wondered out loud to his smile
For we didn’t understand
He knew of our doubts all the while

So little for so many we said
As he smiled telling us to share
It had become more than enough
We witnessed his power of care
 
We listened with doubtful faces
For we simply did not know
And our belief had not yet shown
Even after seeing all he did show 
 
Gathering up enough left, we knew
To feed so many more that day  
That the 12 tribes would be fed 
Fulfillment of all promises was at hand
 
This sign was spoken of by all
At his command all nature would obey
For we have seen it with our eyes
We’ll never forget that incredible day
 
Oh dear Jesua, forgive us
For we did not understand
But in this we are shown again 
Your power and authority over all
As so clearly it is revealed  
You are indeed the One who is sent
To fulfill the promise of old
Foretold by your prophets
That in you all will be fed
That in you all will be healed
Yet as we now tell all of you
Many believe and many doubt
Though all truth is revealed
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We now know clearly, ourselves
That it is our calling to reveal
To teach of God’s incredible love
As we have seen salvation
Witnessed with our own eyes 
His awesome power
We will teach all to believe
That in this day and hour
All has been revealed
We have been saved from above

Deacon Andy Cirmo

Today is the harvest time
To reap what we have sown
We’ve planted all good seed
And surely all is well grown
 
Yet as we return to the field
Our eyes come upon a sight
That no planter wants to see
A clear view that all’s not right
 
We planted the fresh seed of trust
Screened from any strange growth
Yet weeds seem to have grown
Now it’s wheat and weed both
 
We cannot sort this out and pull
Without hurting the wheat
So we’ll have to harvest all
And sort out what to keep
 
We know not from where it came
The unwanted weeds we found
We’re disturbed at this intrusion
Into our treasured holy ground
 
To sort is extra work but good
Because it purifies our final yield
Cutting then good from bad apart
Only the best will come from this field
 
It’s extra work but needed
As it keeps our harvest pure
That all the good is stored up
And our wellbeing will be secure
 
For in the end he will harvest all
The good and the bad from the start
And separate the good forever
From that which has grown apart
 
Dear Jesus help me to know
That in my life weeds will come
Help me to learn patience
To look before entering the field 
To be sure I identify the harm
That lack of awareness can yield

Deacon Andy Cirmo

We looked intently at each other
As Jesua praised his Father above
And marveled at his gentle words
As he spoke of him with such love
 
He spoke of a knowledge unknown
Of his Father in heaven above he knew
And called us also to know him well
In a way to us, so very new
 
He spoke of the Father as would a Son
In a way that only he could say
Of a love beyond our knowing
And reveals him to us here today
 
He tells of his Father who calls us
Longing for us all to return home
He who is the author of all life
Away from him we should not roam
 
What a special joy comes upon us
As the Father is revealed by his Son
As One who is the source of love
That in him all truth has come
 
One who is loving, gentle and kind  
Who longs for us all to come
To be with him with restful souls
And with us all to become one
 
That from the Father all does come
Through Jesua his eternal Son
And that our burdens he will lift
With him and the Father we are one
 
The Father is revealed in his Son
And like children we yearn for love
To be together with him in joy
In his kingdom forever in joy above

Deacon Andy Cirmo

Oh how can I live up to this
A challenge I pray I can face
Yet this is what is required
If I stand with Jesua in this place
 
For he requires a love beyond here
Bringing along it’s trial and test
I must commit my whole self
And his love will handle the rest
 
To offer my whole life for him
Is a heady and difficult thing
But for him I will do just that
In prayer that salvation it will bring
 
He requires that we give our all
To be righteous as is he
Then as prophets, our reward
Will be secure and will be
 
We will not do this for reward
For our reward is eternal life
Freedom from fear and worry
An end to our earthly strife
 
For this promise we pledge to love
All those, his children, who are in need
Help with the water of life itself
His love through us their hearts to feed
 
He has taught us to be righteous
For that is its own reward
As we treat all with his love 
And in him all love is restored
 
We are certainly not worthy
Yet we will live as he shows
Going where he sends us to be
Trusting that of our salvation he knows
 
Lord Jesua help us to follow all love
To lead and to save as you have shown
That through our lives all will see
The light of your love and grace be shown