VIRTUES EVER NEW

Our new-found magic weaves its spell:
It’s called technology–
Control our world and man as well
And then we will be free.

But can that cause us to be free
From virtue in our breast?
It’s God’s own claim we fail to see
Implanted in our chest.

Those virtues there mean we are men
With bellies, heads, and hearts;
Those hearts infected by our sin
Give in to belly’s part.

Our head thinks now it’s in control,
But Satan’s belly rules;
It’s wishful thinking makes us bold,
Ignoring virtue’s school.

But virtue’s school has no recess;
God’s law is always there
To help us straighten out our mess
And point us to God’s care.

Those virtues point to Father’s Son
Born in a cattle stall
And to His Mother, favored one,
To save us from sin’s fall.

God’s Spirit came to Lord’s handmaid
With pure heart in her breast
To save us all; through Mary made
His Son with sinless chest.

One man in whom is virtue pure
Resists the Devil’s wiles;
For God’s great strength was in Him sure–
Subdued our belly’s bile.

His virtues raised from sin’s dark grave,
He cleansed from sin our souls.
Now hearts and heads and bellies saved:
Our wounded selves made whole.

A fairy tale breaks Satan’s spell,
A fairy tale come true:
Christ saves us all from high-tech hell,
His virtues ever new.