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December 03, 2010, People of St. Paul's (42), Church (77), Guest Blog Posts (9)
Guest post by Anne Snyder, a St. Paul's parishioner
A poem, inspired by watching the Rev. Kate Jenkins ever so gently place the "body of Christ" in the hands of a living blonde angel during communion.
On a Sunday Morning
Illuminated by a shaft of light
Untroubled faith capped with Tiffany gold and
Tested faith like the winter willow
Made to bend but never break
Small hands upturned receiving the gift
Of faith enduring through light and darkness
Older slim hands sharing the gift
Of love enduring
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Tags: anne snyder, eucharist, kate jenkins, poem
November 22, 2010, Food for the Soul (55)
Posted by Wallace+
The poem “Diagnosis,” by Sharon Olds, carries my mind back to the Word from Grace Street from last week, on a Theology of Play.
Humor, play, fantasy, creativity, without these we would not be human.
Thanks be to God.
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Tags: poem, theology, writer's almanac
September 01, 2010, Food for the Soul (55), History (23), Love (17)
Posted by Wallace+
As the German Blitzkrieg rolled into Poland, and World War II began, on the morning of September 1, 1939, W.H. Auden sat in a New York City dive, writing the poem that would take for its name simply the date itself, "September 1, 1939."
In what would become one of the most-widely-known lines in all modern poetry, Auden wrote, "We must love one another or die."
As true now as ever.
We must love one another or die.
Lord, help us to love.
Help us to love.
Amen, amen.
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Tags: poem, poetry, w.h. auden
August 24, 2010, Food for the Soul (55)
Posted by Wallace+
This poem is written explicitly for the poet; however it's a gift to anyone who takes the time to read it, anyone, that is, who is open to and interested in "what comes from silence."
The closing lines simply blow me away.
Accept what comes from silence.
Make the best you can of it.
Of the little words that come
out of the silence, like prayers
prayed back to the one who prays,
make a poem that does not disturb
the silence from which it came.
For years, Berry has been an inspiration to me, both in the integrity and character of his life, as well as in his writing, be it poetry, fiction, or non-fiction. He has, as they say, an old soul.
I thank God for Wendell Berry.
And I thank God for his life-giving, silence-infused words: indeed, they "[do] not disturb / the silence from which [they] came."
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Tags: poem, poetry, wendell berry
August 20, 2010, Food for the Soul (55)
Posted by Wallace+
Hopkins (1844-1889), a Jesuit priest, is recognized as one of the great poets of his era and, indeed, one of the great poets of modern English poetry. A person and poet of deep faith and lyrical spirituality.
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Tags: gerard manley hopkins, poem, poetry
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