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Your King Comes
This Sunday is Palm Sunday and marks the beginning of Passion Week. Palm Sunday remembers Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem when the procession of his followers waved palm branches and cried, “Hosanna, son of David!” The processional Psalm 118:25-26 which is being chanted by the crowd along with the images…
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Who for Love
This sonnet is based on Mark 10:17-22 when a rich young ruler approached Jesus with the question, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” The rich young ruler shows an earnestness and a deep feeling about his question and its related concerns. When he meets Jesus he drops to…
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The Annunciation
Yesterday, March 25th, was the Feast of the Annunciation which remembers Gabriel appearing to Mary to tell of God’s plan for her. It also marks nine months before Christmas. This sonnet is based on Luke 1:26-35. I have been taken with Malcolm Guite’s sonnet of the same event in which…
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The Transfiguration
This sonnet is based upon Luke 9:28-36 and Mark 9:2-8 which tells of Jesus’ Transfiguration. On the Mountain’s predawn height, time’s ticked line Is stretched round upon itself from the thin Experience of events to entwine The moment all is new, when we begin. The Face of Love shines in burning likeness;…
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Two Blind Men
This sonnet is based on Mark 8:22-9:1. Interestingly in the passage there are actually two blind men from Bethsaida for Bethsaida is Peter’s hometown too. The blind man finds his healing in two stages, and Peter too must find his own healing in stages. Both see something, but they do…
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