Wednesday, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, 2020

Happy you who are hungry now, you shall be satisfied.
Alas for you who have your fill now you shall go hungry.
When disaster struck us, how we cried.
When we did not get our way, how we were angry.

We never will accept trial and tribulation as a good lure.
We never accept that if we mourn now we will be rewarded.
We never will be a saint, we want success not failure.
But we should accept our success in that regard not being awarded.

It is not whether you succeed,
Or if you fail.
It is your attitude that counts in your hour of need.
We do not ask from our judgement a kind of celestial bail.

So if you don’t mind, I would rather be happy in this life .
I can only apologise and hope not to be punished if I have avoided strife.