Happy are you when people hate you.
Drive you out , denounce your name.
Yet we feel we ate entitled to our due.
Especially if we feel we are not to blame.

St John , the golden tongue.
Hounded to his death.
He dared to criticise , unsung.
Daring to criticise the Emperor , he lost his breath.

But his sermons live on.
Truly moving , inspiring.
When so much from his time is gone.
He survives , the rest is fleeting.

Unregarded in dying.
Yet still inspiring.

……..

Happy are you then
When people hate you so much
For you will survive

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See Luke 6: 20-26