Saints Among Us

To save the world, in hearts You make
     The Saints who Your truth know;
The care of souls they do not shirk:
     Their hearts are never closed.

They live among us quietly
     As they bless all of us;
Their vision sees expectantly
     And for us all they trust.

They see the truth that we are held
     By Him in changeless hands
To pick up all of us who fell—
     Restore us to His band.

And then one day we’ll faces see
     Of those who worked and prayed
For us, and with them bend our knee
     To Love Who with us stays. 

SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL,
APOSTLES