Only the Cross
Tag: Poem
Lent (4)
Immeasurable sufferingUndeserved persecutionIntent on humiliationGuilt bestowed on innocenceSin nailed to the sinless for me Cross of tortureUndeserved forgivenessBy wounds that cleanseIntently accepted humilitySo innocence can prevail over… Read more “Lent (4)”
Dad
Art and photo by Greg McGee, various media, all rights reserved Metaphorically (perhaps)I was coming in from fields of my own journey,and you needed my help.Yet,I was… Read more “Dad”
Lent (3)
Exhale first
Lent (2)
Why do You?Love what’s unrequitedWhy did You?Accept the suffering Demonstrating Your loveWhile I sinnedYou chose deathJustified by blood Boast in hopePromise of lifeA Father’s loveA Son’s sacrifice… Read more “Lent (2)”
Lent
To be filled with Christ, we must empty ourselves of the world
Ash Wednesday
With ashes
I know You are my God
the fifth
Sirach 3:1-16
The Melt (Haiku)
May our hearts be warmed by the light
a God who weeps
What must it takeFor God to feel sad? a man of sorrowsand acquainted with griefsurely he has borne our painand carried our sorrows Jesus weptWill you?