A-Poem-a-Day
Until Resurrection Day
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HOLY FACE
When
I look upon Your Visage
and
pierced, bruised Body
imprinted
upon the winding-sheet,
and
contemplate
wounds
You bore for me,
it
causes me to quiver
with
reverence and awe.
After
two millennia
I
witness Your Passion
mapped
out
on
a white linen proof-sheet.
Controversy
has abounded
about
the authenticity
of
this ancient Shroud of Turin;
I
leave it to greater minds
than
mine to ponder.
As
for me,
in
my spirit I know,
it
is You, my Lord.
Amazing.
I can look
upon
the negative
that’s
positive
and
actually see Your Face,
Your
beautiful Holy Face,
suspended
from Its Divine Agony
and
interlude with death
when
Your Majestic Imprint
burst
upon the burial cloth.
Death
sprang to Life
in
that timeless flash-moment
of
Resurrection. Glorious!
Lord,
I see Strength,
unimaginable
Endurance,
but
even more, Peace
and
the Countenance
of
Unsurpassed Love.
Others
may debate carbon dating.
Let
them scrutinize and snip,
analyze
in test tubes,
on
smeared slides under microscopes,
and
beneath glaring, blaring lights
until
Your Second Coming!
As
for me,
when
I gaze into the negative
that’s
positive
burnished
miraculously
into
that Holy Shroud
at
the Climax of all time,
I
accept with simple faith,
it
is You, my Lord.
Maude Carolan
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Note: the above poem appears in my new book, "Behold the Lamb...poetically!" Elm Hill Press.
It is available online at Amazon & Barnes & Noble. For more information, go to http://maudecarolanpych.com
It was so nice to find my book
on the shelves in the Christian Living section
at Barnes & Noble, Woodland Park, NJ.
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| Maude at Barnes & Noble, Woodland Park, NJ. |
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