After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. (Isaiah 53:11) High and lifted up Astonishing the faithless many Kings with mouths agape yet shut And hearts with closed fists Lifted high aboveContinue reading “The Soul’s Travail (Good Friday)”
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The Wounded Servant (Wednesday in Holy Week)
Sustaining the weary with a word, There were none who would come to him That he would turn aside. Morning by morning his ear awoke To hear the cries of the small and weak, The beaten and the bruised. And beaten and bruised, he turned his back To take their lashes, and turned his cheekContinue reading “The Wounded Servant (Wednesday in Holy Week)”
Children of Light (Tuesday in Holy Week)
Arise, little ones. Though in your smallness you cannot see Beyond the faint horizon: He comes, he comes, Across the seas, Bearing light upon his brow. To those despised deeply, Abhorred by the world, He comes bearing folly, to weaken the wise; He sweeps the vast coastlands,Continue reading “Children of Light (Tuesday in Holy Week)”
The Former Things (Monday in Holy Week)
See – He who stretched the heavens out with His hands And spread out the earth and all it contains, Whose breath fills our lungs with infinitude, Who beckons us in with His arms – He sees the smouldering wick in the dark And the reed that has been bruisedContinue reading “The Former Things (Monday in Holy Week)”
The Consolations of Writing 