19.HOMAGE AND PRAYERS TO THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

Homage and prayers

To His Holiness, The Patriarch

With folded hands, with tears

To The Good Shepherd of Antioch.

The successor of St. Peter

The rock to build the church

Towards the Christ, the Blessed Savior

Towards the Holy Spirit He did search.

The keys of the kingdom of heaven

Are vested on Him, the Good Samaritan

The Powerful Intellect through His sermon

Victorious to free all from demon.

Homage and prayers, the Patriarch

To His Holiness of Antioch.

May the gates of paradise

Be opened with grace,

May the saints and holy arch-angels

Marshal with lighted candles.

May the Holy Soul rest in right

Of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.

Pray for us, the Good Shepherd

His holiness, Ignatius Zakka 1 Iwas

When turmoil and violence is heard

And for everyone who is in chaos.

Pray for us, the Good Samaritan

The Patriarch, the Holy Pilgrim

When we pass thorns of persecution

Till we reach the New Jerusalem.

18.THE SUN WILL RISE

Wet among leaves, hidden, the birds sit

Hear about weather cold a bit

“The sun will rise high to make our feathers dry

And towards our prey we'll soon fly.”

Under the soil deep, soundly sleep the seeds

Listen the quest of decay as weeds

“The sun will rise high to make rays sing

Opening our eyes we'll soon swing.”

Covered with ice, the dales calmly rest

Face a puzzle whether freeze next

“The sun will rise high to melt all snow

Plants again bloom no doubt you know.”

Thick dark clouds spread in horizon bright

Listen a doubt ‘does come light?’

“The sun will rise high to make winds blow

Away all clouds and sky will glow.”

The worried, the rejected, the tortured, the lost

Confuse, puzzle, and lament a lot;

Get courage enough when hear a sweet

Voice heavenly the voice soft;

“The sun of eternal truth, the immaculate right

The sun of endless peace, the universal light,

The sun of justice, the sun of immortal love

Will rise, will rise soon and rule above.”