Monthly Archives: June 2022

Pentecost

 

 

 

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When Pentecost day came round.
They had all met in one room.
We do not know wither we are bound.
Or what eventually is to be our doom.

We think back to Ash Wednesday.
Wondering then how we can atone.
Then the Resurrection hope of Easter Day.
Now we know we are not alone .

The Holy Spirit is there for all.
Giving us all our separate gifts.
Rescuing us from our fall .
Drawing us back from the edge of fearsome cliffs.

We need not cower in the lonely room of the mind.
There is someone looking out for us who does mind.

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We are not alone
The Holy Spirit is there
Looking out for us

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See Acts 2: 1-11

Saturday of the 7th Week of Eastertide

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The deep was not when I was born.

There were no springs to gush with water.
Will I now for ever and ever be reborn.
Or for one new life or slaughter.
Grant that we who celebrated paschal mysteries.
May by your gift hold fast to them.
Never forgetting our own histories.
Knowing we come from one holy stem.
Eastertide is almost over.
Our hearts rejoiced in resurrection.
We come to complete our Passover.
Putting trust in perfection.
Tomorrow is Pentecost.
So all is not  now lost.
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Now at Easter’s end
We wait for the Pentecost
And salvation
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See Proverbs 8:22-31 and Today’s Collect

Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide

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They had an argument about a dead man.

Whom Paul alleged to be alive.
They claimed he was a mad man.
It was not enough for him to strive.
We ourselves ask this question.
He was dead , is he still alive.
Again and again without cessation.
Answers eludes us however much we strive.
Is the best way to relax .
Just assume it to be true.
As inevitable and a lot better than tax.
And what is our due .
I prefer to try to believe.
And not overmuch to grieve.
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Is he still alive
That’s the vital question
Which we must answer
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See Acts 25: 13-21

Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide

 

 

 

 

 

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We find nothing wrong with this man.

Suppose a spirit has spoken to him or an angel .
What then is our plan.
Where are we to dwell .
Sitting alone in the church’s protection.
The readings failed to register .
But then came this strange feeling of connection.
Who was this silent messenger.
The Queen gives above all her service.
To serve is everything.
And to pay any price .
That makes of all of us a king.
At work we may grumble .
But we need not stumble.
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We all have to serve
We do it in many ways
But all have value
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See Acts 22:30, 23:6-11

Wednesday of Week 7 of Eastertide

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I have never asked anyone for money.

The work I did earned enough to meet my needs.
We try to keep our disposition sunny.
And be content with our humble deeds.
Look at the humble caterpillar.
Ugly, It exists only to eat
But it becomes an exemplar.
As a beautiful butterfly to greet .
This humdrum life will pass.
We will become something quite different.
We may wither like the grass.
We pass through life’s raging current.
And at death our wings take flight.
As we pass gloriously out of sight.
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We caterpillars
Will surely take flight at death
As fine butterflies
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See Acts 20: 28-58