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| RACHEL'S TOMB in old Bethlehem Rachel... still weeping for her children because they are not. |
From Cradle to Cross
HE+ suffered loss in lowest garb allowed,
HE+ wrapped HIMSELF+
in Swaddling Clothes
and then, in human Shroud.
.
From rented manger
to borrowed Tomb
HE+ had not where
His+ Head to lay.
HE+ owned no Colt nor Room,
it seems,
though Temple tax ,
exacted,
paid.
Fleeing sword 'ere HE+ could walk,
Egypt hid the Royal BABE+
from death by HIS+ own nation
at His+ birth
with Wise Men's laud and adoration.
Glory LEFT BEHIND,
not grasped,
for us HE+ emptied Himself+
for FATHER'S Will
and by Obedience
forged a path for us to trod BEHIND HIM+ still.
By imitation of HIS+ loss
we accept the limitations
HE+ sets upon our brow
that we might come before Our FATHER,
embracing HIS+ Salvation
now.
Meditation Poem by Sr. Judith Hannah + ,
Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+
Year of Our LORD,
1.14.2016
