Easter 6 C - May 1, 2016

Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, NY
Br. Roy Parker, OHC
Easter 6 C - Sunday, May 1, 2016


Our Br. Roy read this poem as his meditation on today's gospel (John 14:23-29).
 

The Trinity as per A.Rublev

A Prayer To The God Who Fell From Heaven

By John Shea

If you had stayed

tightfisted in the sky

and watched us thrash

with all the patience of a pipe smoker,

I would pray like a golden bullet

aimed at your heart.

But the story says you cried

and so heavy was the tear

you fell with it to earth

where like a baritone in a bar

it is never time to go home.

So you move among us

twisting every straight line into Picasso,

stealing kisses from pinched lips,

holding our hand in the dark.

So now when I pray

I sit and turn my mind like a television knob

till you are there with your large, open hands

spreading my life before me

like a Sunday tablecloth

and pulling up a chair yourself

for by now

the secret is out.

You are home.