Joy to Sorrow

Symbolism in the act
in this moment
burning our joy
converting this to sorrow
The palms of Sunday
Hosannas shouted in the street
burned for ashes
to make our sin, our pain
caused on our Savior
our stain transferred
to his noble head

July 25, 2011
on seeing the earlier poem,
“The Smell of the Burning Palms”
before posting it to www.christianpoetry.org
July 25, 2011
&
Luke 18:9-14,
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector,
Joel 2:12-17a
burning the palms, making the ashes,
Hymn, “Sunday's Palms Are Wednesday's Ashes”,
The Faith We Sing, #2138, by Rae E. Whitney,
and Ash Wednesday Meditation
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
February 17, 2010
&
Joel 2:12-17a
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Ephesians 3:14-21
and Ash Wednesday Meditation
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
February 25, 2009

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