Bearing our curse, becoming sin, You loose us from both the burden of the law and from our lawlessness. You bruise the serpent’s head, and snatch us from its grip. You open the way to resurrection, shattering the gates of hell. You slay the one who held death’s power, give comfort to those who honor … [Read more…]
The Look by Elizabeth Barrett Browning The Savior looked on Peter. Ay, no word, No gesture of reproach; the Heavens serene Though heavy with armed justice, did not lean Their thunders that way: the forsaken Lord Looked only, on the traitor. Non record What that look was, none guess; for those who have seen … [Read more…]
PALM SUNDAY IN STAINED GLASS The window beatified the strange king. Unique fragments, conjoined, of colored glass transformed eye-blinding sun to comprehensible dazzle. Greenest branches, blue forget-me-nots and yellow buttercups paved the passage of the quiet young man and everlasting blue, the sky, was his crown. We know the long hope and the prophecy which is now, … [Read more…]
“Israel has a rich and embarrassing memory of the wilderness, about how Israel conducted itself in a time of danger and deficit. The theme of wilderness is an appropriate one for Lent, for Lent is about being in thin places without resources and being driven back to the elemental reality of God, the reliability of … [Read more…]
In these last few days of this Holy Lent may you find the time to sit and listen to the wind, it talks; may you stop and listen to the moment of silence, it speaks; and, as we journey closer to Easter Sunday, may you kneel in prayer and listen to your heart, it knows … [Read more…]
My life Is a gift From God. Accepting it Is my Gift to Him. jpd, 1983
If it be your will by Leonard Cohen If it be your will That I speak no more And my voice be still As it was before I will speak no more I shall abide until I am spoken for If it be your will If it be your will That a voice be true … [Read more…]
The Donkey, by GK Chesterton When fishes flew and forests walked, And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood, Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry, And ears like errant wings, The devil’s walking parody Of all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth, Of ancient, … [Read more…]
Philosophers have measured mountains, Fathom’d the depths of seas, of states, and kings, Walk’d with a staff to heaven, and traced fountains But there are two vast, spacious things, The which to measure it doth more behove: Yet few there are that sound them; Sin and Love. Who would know Sin, let him repair Unto … [Read more…]
One of the oldest questions in life is, “Where are you God?” This is the question that comes up when life hits the fan and smacks you in the face. I read the bible every day. I say my prayers of thanksgiving and repentance. I go to church every week. I do my part by … [Read more…]
