Emptiful Vessels
The Poems of Fr. Séamus Devitt, C.Ss.R.
This man turned more than tables on his enemies, Turned the world on its head, others on their heel. …
We want the fruits but will we plant the Tree? We seek Compassion,
‘Lord’ is the word we use,- have used this long time past: ‘Lord’ has these other words that speak to us today;
The Rally Cry it is, ‘So that…’- just those two words that herald-waken me -to what has gone before -to what must follow on:
Who will hear the Music? Who will proclaim The Lamb? Who will give to Him the Honour
The Jubilee is Jesus, -Now. For neither Time nor Space, -the Then or There or Yesteryear- affect the story of what IS, is near, is here.
If God had sent an Angel, not a SON,- where would we find a crib, or touch a cross? Where would the blood have been, or piece of bread?
‘God’ and ‘All’, two so-close words yet still so far apart- a tension there,
He Owns- Who owns?- He owns this work of His, this dream He dreamt of me
It’s They, not I that are the ‘sinners’, the ‘unjust’- not right in their relationships- but not me…
“JESUS IS LORD !”- Jesus is, – well, kind of, sort of, ‘Lord’-
Three words he said and by them he invites: Just ‘Come to me’-
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