Tag Archives: Holy Week

palm procession – March 29

3.29 we cheered you on especially when we thought it would go our way   but when it didn’t follow our script we turned and still do.   forgive us our stupidity, cupidity, rapidity, done-deedity.   we don’t make it … Continue reading

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Holy Week 6-Easter Eve – April 19

Holy Week 6  – Easter Eve on a night like tonight people passed over   from a land filled with suffering to a place of new heart   on a night like tonight the wild avenging angel   struck down … Continue reading

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Holy Week 5 – Good Friday – April 18

Holy Week 5 robbery, rape, murder treason, theft, cruelty   mean kids bullying the weak, strong kids pushing their weight   a mother beating a vulnerable child, a father violating their innocence   when we are at our most despicable, … Continue reading

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Holy Week 4 – April 17

Holy Week 4 the maundy’s mandates call us again   to remember by doing to recall by caring   bread wine feet souls the simplest things   for telling the most elegant of stories. ———————–

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Holy Week 3 -April 16

Holy Week 3  we come to red seas of our own devising the pains and chains of a lifetime crowding us up against the sands of desperation   until we turn and see your hand swiping wide the waters to … Continue reading

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Holy Week 2 – April 15

Holy Week 2 endings come upon us, valleys of dry bones loom   how will our bones rise from deceit and lies and greed   when we have gone to the dust, refusing to listen.   breathe your breath into … Continue reading

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Holy Week 1 – April 14

Holy Week 1 on the steps to the cross there were stumbles not by you but by us.   mixed signals, cross purposes, bad karmas how could we miss your loving so clear.   mixed signals, cross purposes, bad karmas … Continue reading

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