Saturday, November 09, 2013

Do we understate the cruelty – v4


Stopping to consider
the words we use for the Passion,
how we describe the torture
the pain that Christ suffered

We speak of them as nails
what held Christ to the cross;
do we understate man’s cruelty
by naming them as this

More like spikes, heavy, thick
that which would be strong enough,
something that holds railroad ties
for the weight of a human life

The thought of spikes, not nails
driven into Jesus, into Christ;
the mall, the club, the hammer
nailing him to that tree

Not so dainty, brutal,
these three nails that held him,
hanging from the cross
at the Place of the Skull


Edited November 9, 2013
Do we understate the cruelty – v4
(editing version 2)
Edited September 29, 2013
Do we understate the cruelty – v3
Edited September 15, 2013
Do we understate the cruelty – v2
April 6, 2012
Do we understate the cruelty
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Matthew 27:24-61
Mark 15:16-47
Luke 23:20-56
John 19:1-42
Good Friday prayer vigil
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
&
Good Friday service
Luke 23:39-46
John 13:34, 35 (Prayer of Confession)
John 12:47b; John 13:1b (Assurance of Foregiveness)
and Service of Tenebrae
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 6, 2011
&
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
 Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50, 55, 56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There… (United Methodist Hymnal #288)
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4

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