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Archive for March, 2008
Alleluia, Christ is risen
Posted in Uncategorized on 26 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alleluia!
Posted in Uncategorized on 23 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Alleluia, alleluia!
He is risen!
(if you haven’t said He is risen indeed, Allueluia, alleluia then go back to Episcoal training school, I joke).
Easter Sunday is always a day of happiness and rejoicing, Jesus has risen from the dead, but it didn’t start happy. Why? Well Mary and the others who arrived at the tomb that first [...]
Beauty and sadness
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This afternoon I went for a short walk in Greenbank Garden (NTS). Easter Saturday is a day to spend in the quiet of the garden. Looking at the Lenten roses I was struck (as always) by their beauty. Today it seemed to me that they were bowing their heads in sorrow – an appropriate response during the time [...]
Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 March, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Let’s forget it now,
And all go home.
He is buried and the stone is in place.
His family is in tears, his friends are lost.
This time it is really over.
…
Lord, it is not over.
‘You are in agony till the end of time,’ I know.
Men tread the way of the cross in relays.
The resurrection will only be completed [...]
End Game
Posted in scripture, story on 20 March, 2008 | 10 Comments »
My dead son lies in my arms. I should be wailing for him, but every inch of me is dry. My throat is closed, my eyes swollen. All day, standing in the hot sun, watching, watching. I can on longer speak, or wail or cry.
I prayed as I have never prayed before [...]
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