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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

Deacon Andy Cirmo

Oh Jesua, what you say is hard

We fear what many will do

Who accuse and want to harm

To stop us from teaching of you 

 

Dear Jesua we know you speak truth

Yet our hearts tremble with fear

As we look into the darkness 

And listen to what we hear

 

For many want to stop us

To keep us from telling of you

They plan and the plot against us

They are many but we so few

 

But we know and we trust you

That what you say is right and true

We should not fear the unknown

In what we say or what we do

 

For you will be with us each day

As we teach of you far or near

Of the love of you and the Father

And we will overcome our fear

 

For we do not speak of ourselves

But of the Father’s Love and of you

And what we will teach is truth

With your strength in all we do

 

Dear Jesua help us to know

To be strong. teaching with love of you

With wisdom from the Holy Spirit 

For we are not alone in what we do

 

We are not empty vessels but are filled

With the Spirit of love as we teach

Knowing we will be safely in your arms

And out of evil’s deadly reach

Deacon Andy Cirmo

After all this time with him

We sadly wondered what was next

Jesua had foretold of his leaving

And that we would do the rest

 

He had shown us all we needed

To bring his word far and wide

But we worried how and why us

How could we do this one cried

 

To start here in our homeland

Telling all of him and his love

With the good news of salvation

Working wonders with his love 

 

Oh how could we do this alone

Without him, what are we to do

For in him the power of the Father

But we are so weak and so few

 

You send us into the harvest

To reap souls and love to sow

Help us with your divine power

That our work will forever grow

 

We will go afar to spread your love

With your help and your power

Please help us as we answer this call

For you are saying this is our hour

 

Oh Jesua never leave us alone

For we alone are weak and frail

Be with us as we show all the path

With Your help we’ll never fail 

 

To all people, spread the Word

Is our clear mission from you today

Be with us always Jesus

As close to your heart we’ll stay

Deacon Andy Cirmo

We have taught and enforced the law
Directed all worship as due
We’ve led prayer and instruction
But this thing he says, can’t be true
 
We must eat his earthly flesh
And his blood we must drink 
This image is beyond our trust
We do not know what to think
 
To have life within us 
He teaches us that we must do this
In order to have life in him
Oh this teaching we must dismiss
 
Yet he remains steadfast
And tells us this will bring life
Oh this is hard teaching today
And it cuts deep like a knife
 
Yet if he is the bread of heaven
Sent to us by the Father above 
As the manna of old was sent
Could he be sent also in love
 
To become one with him is foretold
Yet in this way hurts to hear
How bold and intimate can this be
With such commitment and risk we fear
 
Yet he speaks of eternal life
And we believe his voice is true
For his power and grace are real
And this is what we must do
 
We want this eternal life
And must trust and allay our fears
In faith that he is God from God
One in being, yet like us appears
 
Give us this bread of life
Your flesh and blood brings life forever
Because we trust in your Word
And will deny you, Never!

Deacon Andy Cirmo

I am a priest of the Temple

 And leader of the people

I teach to all what we must believe

Protecting God’s people from evil

 

Yet this Jesua speaks of things

Which only can be of God above

Things wondrous and beyond

That come only of the Father’s love

 

Oh today this is hard to hear

From this Jesua who we all know

Who speaks of things of the Father

Of a place we all long to go

 

Through his Son with the Father

One who would bring us eternal life

That faith in him alone is enough

Bringing an end to toil and strife

 

That through this Son he has come

To bring us all in faith to him

To be born again in the Spirit

To be together with him again

 

To save the world he now says

From all our weakness and our sin

And now telling us to believe that

We go to the Father through him

 

To be literally born again he says

To be saved through this Son

Together to live with the Father

And with him to be one

 

Oh Lord Jesus help me to believe

In You, as God’s only Son

Our Savior, sent to bring us to him

And that our salvation has begun

Deacon Andy Cirmo

In fear we all hid in that upper room

Away from the clamor of the street

And in fear, hiding from accusers

Afraid of the fate we all would meet

 

What is to become of us we thought

As in the dark room we hid from all

For we will all be next we thought

We would certainly be soon to fall

 

For the Jews were hunting for us

To finish what they had started

By killing our Jesua on a cross

And had left us broken hearted

 

For Jesua is now gone from us

They hung him on a cross 

For teaching of love and forgiveness

Oh our lives now mourn his loss

 

Yet now in a sudden burst of light

A figure before our eyes appears

It is Jesua! Returned from the dead!

Standing before us addressing our fears!

 

“Peace be with you," he then said

As he had done so often before

He powerfully breathed upon us all

And we all fell before him to adore

 

He breathed a great wind upon us

And filled our hearts with the Spirit 

Telling us now to go out to forgive

To speak clearly so all could hear it

 

Oh the deep joy we feel is so real 

As we now are told to forgive all

And celebrate that indeed he lives on

And has brought salvation to us all