Crusaders 'Keep Christ in Christmas' at Brother Martin

img_8711The Archdiocese of New Orleans sponsored an essay and poetry contest with the theme of “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Many Brother Martin students submitted their original works for the contest, but only two were selected to be sent to the Archdiocese: Colin Woodruff ‘17, the Brother Martin essay winner, and Andrew Richardson ‘18, the Brother Martin poetry winner. Andrew’s ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’ poem was chosen as the overall Archdiocesan poetry contest winner and will be published in the December 24, 2016 edition of the Clarion Herald.

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Keep Christ in Christmas

We seem to forget what this holiday is about.
We run around in a hurry; we scream and we shout.
Most of us are guilty, all of us are sinners,
so self-consumed we forget to pray at Christmas dinners.

But He was born on the twenty-fifth of December
I hope we can all take some time to remember
the people He saved, the love that He brought,
the sins He forgave, the lessons He taught.

Instead of charity, and helping those in need,
we waste our money on presents and greed.
We see each other with envy and complain,
but in Jesus’ eyes we are all the same.

So when the clock strikes twelve
and you are resting in bed,
say a prayer to yourselves,
for He was born and is not dead.