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”
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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.
Lent 41: Monday of Holy Week
And now we lift this bread, this wine born from dust, tilled in soil, fermented, kneaded, baked: now break this bread and rend your hearts, your hands. You look one to another, say, “Not I?” Yet surely you, before the night is done will swear you didContinue reading “Lent 41: Monday of Holy Week”
Lent 40: Palm Sunday
This is the day that the Lord has made: My soul is weary; my heart is faint. This is the righteous gate of the Lord: I hear the slander of many. The Lord has done this; it is marvellous to our eyes: My life is consumed in anguish. O Lord, saveContinue reading “Lent 40: Palm Sunday”
Catechism 15
Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose? That we may know the holy nature and will of God, and the sinful nature and disobedience of our hearts; and thus our need of a Savior. The law also teaches and exhorts us to live a life worthy of our Savior. (New CityContinue reading “Catechism 15”
Lent 39: Saturday of Fifth Week
Sit with Him; eat with Him; dip the bread, by His side – Surely Lord not I? Walk with Him through olive trees; fall asleep and fail to pray; watch as one of you betrays – Surely Lord not I? Warm yourself by cosy fires; answer truth with spitting lies; listen as theContinue reading “Lent 39: Saturday of Fifth Week”
The Consolations of Writing 