Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Lenten Poetry: Day 24

Walking Through Friday

The gift of myrrh
went from manger to cross.
Mary and Joseph said
thank you to the kings,
but Jesus, on the cross,
when offered wine with myrrh,
said no.
There are times when we, too,
must go heartlong into our pain,
knowing it's the only way
we will get to Easter living.

--Ann Weems

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