A Poem for Lent...
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| "Mary Magdalene" by J. Kirk Richards ldsliving.com |
IT’S NO WONDER
It’s
no wonder Mary
of Magdala traveled
with Rabboni and
the twelve and
helped support
His mission She
was a woman on fire with
love and gratitude a
woman freed of
seven snarling demons
It’s
no wonder despite
trepidation she
watched at a distance as
they nailed her Great One to
a wretched cross cupping
her ears, wailing at
each resonating hammerfall No
wonder she
drew near as
He hung in
the agony of dying for
being there was
better than
not being there
Mary,
bereft looked
upon her Rabboni as
they took Him from
the beams laid
His powerless Body in
the tomb and
rolled a great round stone across
the entrance separating
Him from her before
the sun went down that
Good and terrible Friday
and
it’s no wonder she
was back at dawn the
morning after Sabbath with
other ministering women carrying
spices heedless
of who would
roll the stone away
But
the tomb was open and
the women trembled as
an angel astounded them with
talk of rising
Bewildered Mary
ran to the apostles but
it’s no wonder she
returned to
grieve near the tomb, wanting
to be where
last He was
A
stranger, the gardener? inquired
of her weeping "Sir,"
she implored "if
you have carried Him away tell
me where you have put Him and
I will get Him"
"Mary…"
"Rabboni!"
Astonished,
she reflexively reached
for Him… "Do
not cling to Me" He
told her "for
I have not yet ascended to
My Father"
Oh,
it’s no wonder it
was she He entrusted to
bring the news to
the brethren No
wonder she
ran, stumbling over rocks and
potsherd dashing
through brush and
brambles raising
tufts of dust eager
to exclaim breathless
with jubilation
"I
have seen the
Lord!"
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