Francis of Assisi

Damian the Leper

Mahatma Gandhi

Martin Luther King Jr.

Oscar Romero

Helder Camara

Mother Theresa

John Paul II

Gentle revolutionaries

Radical disciples

Champions of non-violent resistance

Bearers of the civilization of love

Heralds of God’s Kingdom of Peace

The best hearts

The brightest stars

The finest flowers

That humanity has birthed

Models of a new world of harmony

Exemplars of a future world of solidarity

And prototypes of the promised world of tranquility

Their tribe shall overthrow

And consign to the trashcan of history

The Herods and the Neros

The madmen and hangmen

The lepers political and the criminals incredible

Their legacy shall survive forever

And dislodge permanently

The thorns and the thistles

The prickles and the brambles

Of degenerate humanity!