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Posted on April 19, 2014
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Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up. – Anne Lamont
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Posted on April 18, 2014
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Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. – George Iles
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Posted on April 16, 2014
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On “Spy Wednesday” – so called because it is the day before Judas, the traitor, sold Jesus out for a bag of silver, these words from Martin Luther King, Jr., are most appropriate. Through violence you may murder a murderer but you can’t murder… Continue Reading “Spy Wednesday”
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Posted on April 15, 2014
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To clasp hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world. – Karl Barth
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Posted on March 30, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Kathleen O’Toole. The Magdalen, a Garden and This She who is known by myth and association as sinful, penitent, voluptuous perhaps… but faithful to the last and then beyond. A disciple for sure, confused often… Continue Reading “The Magdalen, a Garden and This”
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Posted on March 29, 2013
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The Apostle Peter, the fisherman, plays an important role in the drama of Good Friday. Today’s poem from Education for Justice is entitled “Simon Peter” by John Porch. Simon Peter There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four which I… Continue Reading “Simon Peter”
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Posted on March 28, 2013
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Today on Holy Thursday we remember, not only the Last Supper, but also Jesus agonizing vigil in Gethsemane. So today’s poem from Education for Justice is by Mary Oliver. Gethsemane The grass never sleeps. Or the rose. Nor does the lily have a secret… Continue Reading “Gethsemane”
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Posted on March 27, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Denise Levertov. O Taste and See The world is not with us enough O taste and see the subway Bible poster said, meaning The Lord, meaning if anything all that lives to the imagination’s tongue,… Continue Reading “O Taste and See”
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Posted on March 26, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Thomas Merton. The Vine When wind and winter turn our vineyard To a bitter Calvary, What hands come out and crucify us Like the innocent vine? How long will starlight weep as sharp as thorns… Continue Reading “The Vine”
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Posted on March 17, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Scott Dalgamo. Exquisit Corpse Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper. —John 12:1-2 Four days dead and sipping soup, Lazarus Sits up,… Continue Reading “Exquisit Corpse”
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