A Poem For Your Lenten Journey

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A Poem For Your Lenten Journey #268421 Mar 13th, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 23,310 Maine Merme OP Grande Damme
OP Merme Grande Damme Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 23,310 Maine	Hi everyone ~ This is a Lenten poem I wrote a few years ago based on the idea of a walking pilgimage to a holy city. I hope you enjoy it! Merme Sursum Corda the journey is long this pilgrim way we rise early, in the dawn to make the most of daylight the road winds uphill and down curving through forests and barren places. no one cares for unessential things we carry the needful some have children on their backs, others pots and pans a spare blanket or two. we share. the line of march is very long I can hear the many languages lifted up in song far to the front Fairest Lord Jesus echoes back others nearer to me pick up the refrain pass it along I hear the reverberations following behind Ruler of All Nature. we sing. in the gathering darkness we make camp the fires are lit the pots filled the footsore rest there is a murmur of prayers and more prayers a baby quiets then sleeps the work slows then ends more voices pray someone reads aloud of His journey to Jerusalem and all that happened after. we cry. on our knees then by the firelight we lift our faces to the sky adoration we lift our faces to the sky comprehension we lift our faces to the sky contrition we lift our hearts to the sky devotion we lift our hearts to the sky determination we lift our hearts to the sky make them clean, O God. 23 February 2007 M& Salunek We were given two hands to hold, two eyes to see, two ears to listen & two legs to walk. But why were we given only one heart? The other heart was given to another for us to find.

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