Holy Week

Bread & Basin

Bread & Basin

Bread and Basin,
Towel and Table
ever for His followers
entwined;

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The Wondrous Gift (Eu-Charis)

The Mystery of faith is
wafer thin,
and vast
with the Wonder of the One Who Is,

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Alphonsus, A Man on Fire

Alphonsus, A Man on Fire

__”Return Love for Love”__
is what he said to do.
When all was said and done, this was his heart’s deep cry,-
‘return love, for love’.

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‘Lift up your hearts!’

The Spirit of the Leading Lord
takes to the floor,
begins the dance,
casts off the mourning veil,

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Communion

There is communion in His death,
He
with us
within us,
taking us.

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Communion is a Longing

Communion is a Longing
of my life
and loins:

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Ordained

Ordained

Ordained,
Ordered, In Order
Towards—What?
People,
Celebration,

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Gethsemane: ‘Abba, Father! If… and But…’

Gethsemane: ‘Abba, Father! If... and But...’

Gethsemane: “Abba! Father! “If”…..and…..”but”…
The cry of soul-filled love
and cry of terror sorrowed down
to death,-

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Gethsemane

Who was it said that ‘Yes’?-
‘Not my will but yours be done!’?
A man, a truly man,
a truly God within
the Trinity.

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Obey

Obey
like Him who did obey,-
bent down the ear
to all his Father willed,-
to death

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The Cross was not some Hiccup

The Cross was not some Hiccup

His passion and his dying
were not some hiccup
on the way to glory:
His hour of
Glory

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The Cross was Timber, yes…

The Cross was timber, yes
but it was more.
The Cross
was Sin, our Sin
-that was its core,

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