Doctors of the Divine

Many holy men and women,
Saints among us, given by Love.
Were chosen for a special purpose,
To deepen the faith from Above.

Fathers of Orthodoxy and Hymnody,
Harp of the Spirit and the Blessed Mother’s Singer.
Doctor of Catechesis and Orthodoxy of the West,
The Theologian and Christian Speaker.

Father of Eastern Monastics,
Patron of Mary’s Veneration,
Father of Scriptural Science,
Golden-Mouthed Doctor of the Eucharist,

Doctor of Grace and Teachers,
Doctor of the Incarnation and Seal of the Fathers,
Doctor of the Church’s Unity,
Doctor of the Solid and Golden-Worded.

Greatest of the Great,
Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages,
Father of the English Histories,
Doctor of Christian Art and Assumption.

Monitor of Popes, Father of Scholastics,
Defender of the Church’s Rights.
Melodious Oracle, Miracle Arbiter,
Last of the Church’s Fathers.

Doctor of the Gospel,
Hammer of Heretics,
Ark of Both Covenants,
Universal Professor.

Seraphic Doctor of the Lord,
Angelic and Common Teacher.
Seraphic Virgin and Mystic of Christ,
Mystic of His Incarnate Body.

Doctors of Prayer and the Catechism,
Prince of the Apologists and Gentle One.
Mystic Theologian and Apostolics,
Gentleman Educator to All.

Patron of the Universal Press,
Spiritual Director for All.
Prince of Moralist, Most Zealous Saint,
Confessor and Moral Theologian Once Called.

Doctor of the Little Way and Childlike Faith,
Doctor of the Merciful Love,
All Doctor Saints were Holy Spirit chosen,
To serve the God up Above.