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Bearing that Hunger (The First Temptation)
This sonnet is the first in a series focussing on Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness from Luke 4:1-15. This sonnet focuses on the first temptation, to turn “this stone into bread”. If it’s helpful, you may listen to me read the sonnet via the player below. He was hungry what…
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Suddenly He Comes
February 2 is Candlemas which is the day the church remembers the presentation of Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem. At that time, Mary made offering for her purification (Leviticus 12:6-8) and Joseph paid the redemption price for the firstborn (Exodus 13:11-16). It’s worth noting that Joseph and Mary made…
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Woman, Behold
The Lectionary reading for the fourth Sunday of Epiphany comes from John 2 when Jesus and his disciples attend the wedding in Cana of Galilee. The passage begins, “On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited…
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Epiphany on the Jordan
Yesterday was the first Sunday in Epiphany. The usual text for the first Sunday in Epiphany is Jesus’s baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. You’ll recall that John baptized with water but announced the coming of One who would baptize with fire and Spirit. When Jesus comes…
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Epiphany’s Snowing
Here’s a sonnet written this morning while watching the snow fall and meditating on the Magi’s visit to the Christ child which is remembered on Epiphany. It was a lovely morning. I have been taken with T.S. Elliot’s “Journey of the Magi” which you may read here, and you’ll be able…
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