We nailed the hands long ago,Wove the thorns, took up the scourge and shoutedFor excitement’s sake, we stood at the dusty edgeOf the pebbled path and watched the extreme of pain. But one or two prayed, one or twoWere silent, shocked, stood backAnd remembered remnants of words, a new vision,The cross is up with itsContinue reading “Friday”
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Madeleine L’Engle on Palm Sunday
On Palm Sunday in the Cathedral the congregation participates in acting out the Gospel, and we are the mob, and I choke as I shout out, “His blood be on us, and on our children. Crucify him! Crucify him!” I choke not because it is something I would never under any circumstances say, but becauseContinue reading “Madeleine L’Engle on Palm Sunday”
R. S. Thomas – The Coming
And God held in his handA small globe. Look, he said.The son looked. Far off,As through water, he sawA scorched land of fierceColour. The light burnedThere; crusted buildingsCast their shadows: a brightSerpent, A riverUncoiled itself, radiantWith slime. On a bareHill a bare tree saddenedThe sky. Many peopleHeld out their thin armsTo it, as though waitingForContinue reading “R. S. Thomas – The Coming”
A dread and marvelous mystery
A dread and marvelous mystery we see come to pass this day. He whom none may touch is seized; he who looses Adam from the curse is bound. He who tries our hearts and inner thoughts is unjustly brought to trial. He who closed the abyss is shut in prison. He before whom the powersContinue reading “A dread and marvelous mystery”
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