MY SANTA'S WISH LIST

Dear Santa;

I haven't had the time to pen you my wish list the old fashioned way via the Post Office's snail mail.  Besides I couldn't get near the Post Office today so that I might send off a couple cards.  So, I am sending my Christmas Wish List directly to you through cyber mail, knowing that it will get to you in plenty of time.

I don't need much, Santa, and am not asking for much for myself, but on behalf of all those who have grater needs than I.  I have what I need, Santa.  I have a roof over my head, food for the table and a warm bed to sleep in.  While I am far from rich or affluent, there are those that have none of these basics that most of us take for granted.

And I have tried to be a good, decent person, Santa.  I am hoping that you are aware of my efforts to please others and not myself.  Naughty or nice, this is my Wish list for the end of year 2012 and a new beginning for 2013.

First and foremost on my list is:

I wish for true Peace on earth,

Good will to men.

A pretty tall order, Santa,

and I hope there is room

in your ample bag of

for these gifts.

 

I  wish that no child

to go to bed hungry or cold,

alone or afraid.

Can you manage that, Santa?

Or maybe your helpers

can work on that and make it so.

 

I wish that our government

would search and find

the ideals of the past;

the values and mores

 that made

our county great.

 

I wish that all who may be

sick or suffering

find health and relief

from all that grieves them

in this life,

and joy, peace and love

in the next.

 

Am I asking too much, Santa?

I know that you are

a rather busy fella, esp, now,

at this time of the year.

I also know that no one

is a tototaly free agent or

really, truly his own boss.

 

I know that you have a Boss, too.

He is bigger than all of us

and can grant all wishes

if He is asked to do so

according to His plan.

 

So, Dear Old Santa,

if you can not find

a place in your

big, red bag,

would you ask Him,

The really, really, Big Boss

to look over my wish list

in His own determined time

and see what He can do?

 

Saturday, December 8, is a major feast day, a holy day of obligation; the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  I will be in Owensboro at the SportsCenter for the celebration of this great feast day of the Catholic Church.

 

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