Two pair of hands
of the pastor and the proconsul
Metaphorical markers of a life well spent
Water poured ritually from pitcher to bowl
hear it clatter and swirl
Close your eyes, feel the liquid on your skin
as you are preacher or Pilate
One dips his hands into the living water
rests them on His head in blessing, a sacrament
The counterpart cups his hands in the deep
washes his hands of him
gives the Son over to the mob,
in verdict and fulfillment
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edited August
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v4
edited July
28, 2019
Holy Water –
v3
edited July
28, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v5
edited July
28, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v4
(editing
original again)
edited July
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v3
edited January
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v2
&
edited January
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v2
(edited after
contact by composer, Gwyneth Walker, who wanted to
use the poem
for a choir composition
&
January 11,
2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13, 15
&
January 11,
2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal
Waters
Matthew
27:24-26
&
January 11,
2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t
baptism, November 1990)
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