sensing Sorrow’s presence
in the fire’s sure progress,
breathing in the smoke,
deeply , deeply;
that transformation
our joy burned up
drawn into the pit.
the palms of that Sunday
covered with our hope,
our prayers,
our shouts, “hosanna!”
their burning so quickly;
our dry prayers, praise,
sweet acrid smoke
becoming ashes, dust.
breathing in Sorrow
become a heavy cloak,
a physical presence;
the ashes drawn within,
into my lungs, onto my
heart,
hidden, in secret, within
within my body, upon my life.
my walk different
watching the palms burn
after the smoke, the
ashes
the changing of our joy
to sadness,
sensing Sorrow’s presence
with me in this season
in life, in memory.
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edited
March 6, 2015
breathing
in Sorrow – v4
(merging
edits to version 3 and version 2)
edited
February 18, 2015
breathing
in Sorrow – v3
(editing
version 1)
edited
March 24, 2014
breathing
in Sorrow – v2
edited,
new poem March 7, 2014
breathing
in Sorrow
&
edited
February 18, 2015
the
ashes drawn within – v3
(editing
version 2)
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
&
edited
February 18, 2015
my
lungs filled with the smoke – v2
March
6, 2014
my
lungs filled with the smoke
&
edited
February 18, 2015
the
sorrow of the ashes – v3
(editing
version 1)
edited
March 15, 2014
the
sorrow of the ashes – v2
March
6, 2014
the sorrow of the ashes
&
edited
February 18, 2015
the palms
consumed – v2
March 6, 2014
the palms consumed
&
edited February 18, 2015
burning
our celebration – v3
(editing
original)
edited
March 10, 2014
burning
our celebration – v2
March
6, 2014
burning our celebration
&
edited
February 18, 2015
burning
our hope – v3
(editing
version 1)
edited
April 12, 2014
burning
our hope – v2
March
5, 2014
burning our hope
&
edited
February 18, 2015
cloaked
in the smoke – v2
March
5, 2014
cloaked in the smoke
&
edited
February 18, 2015
ashes
of that fire – v2
March
5, 2014
ashes of that fire
&
edited
February 18, 2015
How quickly
they burn – v2
March 5, 2014
How quickly
they burn
&
edited/new
name February 18, 2015
the
mirror of the ashes
edited
February 18, 2015
the truth of
the ashes – v2
March 5, 2014
the truth of the ashes
&
edited
February 18, 2015
the dust of
the ashes – v3
(editing
version 1 again)
edited March
10, 2014
the dust the
ashes – v2
March 5, 2014
the dust the ashes
&
edited
February 18, 2015
the anger of
the fire – v5
(editing
original again)
edited March
30, 2014
the anger of
the fire – v4
edited March
24, 2014
the anger of
the fire – v3
edited March
15, 2014
the anger of
the fire – v2
March 5, 2014
the anger of the fire
&
edited
February 18, 2015
bittersweet –
v2
March 5, 2014
bittersweet
&
Isaiah 58:5-10
Burning of the
Palm service
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
February 17,
2015 and February 18, 2015
&
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
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March 5, 2014
Ash Wednesday
Lent
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