sensing Sorrow’s presence
in the fire’s progress
breathing in the smoke
deeply , deeply
that transformation
drawn into the pit
the palms of Sunday
covered with our hosannas!
their burning so quickly
in becoming sorrow, ashes
sweet acrid smoke
breathing in Sorrow
a cloak, a presence
the ashes drawn within
into my lungs, onto my
heart
hidden, in secret, within
within my body, upon my life
my walk different
after the smoke, the
ashes
sensing Sorrow’s presence
with me in this season
in life, in memory
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edited
March 24, 2014
breathing
in Sorrow – v2
edited,
new poem March 7, 2014
breathing
in Sorrow
edited
March 6, 2014
the
ashes drawn within – v2
March
6, 2014
the
ashes drawn within
Ash
Wednesday worship service at
Mountain
Heights Healthcare Facility
Patten,
ME
March
6, 2014
&
burning last year’s palms
hymn, “Sunday’s Palms Are
Wednesday’s Ashes” TFWS #2138
&
Worship Theme – “Ash Wednesday”
Prelude
Unison Prayer
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 (CEB)
Joel 2:12-17a (CEB)
Prayer of
Confession
Words of
Assurance
Imposition of
Ashes
Communion
liturgy – “The Great Thanksgiving for Early Lent”
Lenten
poem:”Changer: A Lenten Poem”
by Adrienne
Sparrow Trevathan
my
earlier poem, “within the sweetness of the smoke”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March
5, 2014
Ash
Wednesday
Lent
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