Some wise men follow, some betray; some see the star, some walk astray. Some kings will bow, some kings will kill; some men will starve, some have their fill. Some hearts will turn to rock; some stones will call in praise before His throne. Our folly becomes wise in Him; bow down, world’s wise men;Continue reading “Easter Wednesday”
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Easter Tuesday
It shatters; it transfigures: from dust, His kingdom lifts up dust, exalts our frame, remembers, changes, in His name, breathes new life into dry bones, reanimates the dead. Eleven dusty men, arise: the mountain-top reveals your king. All authority given Him, He gives to you. Lift feeble feet; He gives His message now toContinue reading “Easter Tuesday”
Catechism 16
What is sin? Sin is rejecting God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without reference to him, not being or doing what he requires in his law – resulting in our death and the disintegration of all creation. (New City Catechism) The choice of the moment: a hand to reach outContinue reading “Catechism 16”
Easter Monday
The priests conspire. Money changes hands. Even still, the truth must be buried in dark. And yet it bursts forth. Indomitable, it rises: a spring-bloom which cannot be killed… When the first-fruits sprout, the harvest follows. The best-laid plans of priests and men cannot contain what God has raised. See, itContinue reading “Easter Monday”
Easter Sunday
Rock-hard hearts: stone rolled away; see God shake us in His way. Unseeing eyes: look and know; cast off doubt at heaven’s show. Fearful feet: stop and see the empty tomb, the mystery. Dust-born flesh: He knows and heals. The heavens ring with Easter peals… And all our stony, ashen flesh is changed now inContinue reading “Easter Sunday”
Lent 46: Holy Saturday
Down, they took his body down; Joseph, Nicodemus took him to the tomb reserved for him and soldiers stood and watched. There they stood; the soldiers stood, to see what ruse might there unfold. suspicious, victory not quite won, the soldiers stood in wait. Dark took hold, the sky asleep, the faithful inContinue reading “Lent 46: Holy Saturday”
Lent 45: Good Friday
They took him down to Golgotha, to Golgotha, the place of skulls; they set him in between two thieves and hurled disease on him. They struck his face and speared his side at Golgotha, at Golgotha; they called him king and laughed at him and cursed him on the tree. The earth, it shookContinue reading “Lent 45: Good Friday”
Lent 44: Maundy Thursday
A new command I give to you High Priests gather; darkness looms That you love as I’ve loved you Pilate’s wife now dreams… Love your enemies and pray Judas gives back bloody coins Blessed are the merciful The High Priests buy a field This is how all men will know Pilate struts; theContinue reading “Lent 44: Maundy Thursday”
Lent 43: Wednesday of Holy Week
But listen as they question Him; listen as they plot and lie. Listen: by the fireside, Peter lies and cries. Watch as, dust, we crumble down; watch the Son of Man, betrayed, tell the truth, secure His death and die for dust He made. Has anything like this been seen? The eternalContinue reading “Lent 43: Wednesday of Holy Week”
Lent 42: Tuesday of Holy Week
Yet dust we are we cannot stay awake and pray (the flesh is weak) and dust we are we walk away and hide ourselves in dull deceit. And dust He is yet more than dust transfigured with the Father’s grief; our dust He takes up to the Cross and dies beside a thief.
The Consolations of Writing 