OUR NEW PARISH CHURCH
(BEFORE WE HAD A NAME)

It was noon on All Souls Day, As we gathered for the Mass.
We bowed in adoration, When we knelt upon the grass.
Set in that Oklahoma field, That warm November day,
Was the start of new adventure, When our Priest began to pray.
“In nomine Patris, et Filii, Et Spiritus Sancti. Amen”,
With the signing of the cross, The ancient rite began.
As incense rose to heaven, The Canon he intoned,
He offered up the Sacrifice, For Souls and our new home.
He gave to us communion, Food of eternal life.
Though we were unworthy, We gave thanks to God on high!
Then came the close of Holy Mass, With the Ite Missa Est.
As we knelt again upon the ground, Heads bowed for him to bless.
He sprinkled in the field that day, Holy water all around;
Then Fr Remski took the spade, Dug and broke first ground.
Just east of old St Patrick’s Church, And west of Council Road,
We’ll build a temple for our God, And us a Parish home.

Donna Sue Leehan Berry
15th, November 2009