Poems About the Gospel II, now available from Amazon, features another 150 short works written by Patrick McCaskey. Like our Poems About the Gospel (published in 2020), each poem provides the author's own take on an individual passage of one of the Evangelists that are often read at Mass and other Christian services. The poems reveal the thoughts and feelings of a modern man responding to the Gospel with faith, humility, and humor. The author’s poems remind us that the Christian faith is just as alive today as ever, and the inspired writings live alongside all our foibles and culture. The author’s sense of reality rushes in at unexpected times with a “time out” for humor. Readers are struck with all the author’s variety of thoughts that fall as they might, but never take away from the faith distilled. A 45+ year veteran and Vice President of the Chicago Bears, Patrick McCaskey is the grandson of founder George Halas. McCaskey has written many books on sports and faith. He serves as Chairman of Sports Faith International an initiative which recognizes people who are successful in sports while leading exemplary lives. The author also chairs WSFI Catholic Radio that broadcasts to northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin.
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Saturday, November 27, 2021
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Biblical Poem for October 20, 2021: Jesus Explained the Steward Parable by Patrick McCaskey
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| Poems About the Gospel, Patrick McCaskey |
Jesus Explained the Steward Parable
Luke 12:39-48
Christ talked about responsibility.
The faithful souls and the ignorant would
Be judged differently from the lazy,
The calculating, the noncompliant.
Duties of life can lead to holiness.
The Spirit of God leads to sanctity.
Let’s worship God in spirit and in truth.
Jesus was poor, humble, and cross-bearing.
Everyone has different chores and gifts.
Charity arouses hope and good works.
Let’s act with courage and humility.
Jesus Christ washed the feet of His apostles.
My grandfather overslept and missed the
Eastland. Sometimes it’s okay to be late.
Patrick McCaskey
Patrick McCaskey is a Vice President and Director of the Chicago Bears, Chair of Sports Faith International, and Chair of WSFI Catholic Radio 88.5, as well as poet and the author of our Sports and Faith Series. The Sports and Faith include stories of athletes and others who live exemplary lives like George "Papa Bear" Halas, Pat's grandfather. Surprising, inspiring, and all very human, Patrick McCaskey's Poems About the Gospel is Patrick's first book of poems where readers can find a few words of encouragement in every one. Poems About the Gospel is available from Sporting Chance Press, Amazon and select bookstores like the Little Way in Crystal Lake.
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