Two pitchers, two bowls of water
Two pair of hands - of the pastor
and the Roman Proconsul
Markers of a life well spent
the Lamb, the King of the Jews
the representative of Caesar
Water poured ritually
from pitcher to bowl
hear it clatter and splash
Close your eyes,
feel the liquid on your skin
as you are preacher or Pilate
One dips His hands into living water
rests them on His head
in blessing, a sacrament
The other cups His hands in the deep
washes His hands of Him, their sin,
giving the Son over to the mob,
in verdict and fulfillment
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edited February
16, 2020
Holy Water –
v5
(editing
original again)
Gwyneth Walker’s
composer’s notes:
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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