Key

Front door key is vital
So don’t lose it
Lose it and you’re locked out
From your home
Exiled from the place
You hold the dearest
Condemned to walk the streets
To walk alone

Jesus on the hillside
Offers listeners
The key to life
Unlocking every door
Recite it every day
You’ll find doors opening
Wanting less you’ll find
Is having more

The poor are rich
The gentle they are mighty
Those who mourn
Will know compassion’s face
Those who search for justice
Will not falter
The merciful will meet
With mercy’s grace
The pure in heart
Will see with eyes so clearly
Peacemakers be known
As God’s true kin
And those who suffer
In the cause of right
Approaching heaven’s gate
Will be let in

We often lose this key
We misplace it
Try other keys
They never fit the door
St Anthony they say
The man to go to
Lost and found
He always knows the score

Brian Fahy
8 June 2021