Symbols of The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Day 7
Artwork and Verse by Rev’d Paul Collings
In Memoriam
In Memoriam
The gravestone carved,
memorial read
to Rest in Peace
lies one here - dead.
And so I mused as
there I walked
across the springtime’s
old church yard.
What moved the stone
upon that day
when in the tomb
the Master lay
His broken body
lifeless, still.
How to remember
how to tell.
Then from some recess
in my mind
that evening see
the past rewind
and see the master
girthed and towelled
kneel at my feet to
wash, I scowled
This memory now
I dearly hold
of Servant King
of nobler fold;
who unlike those
‘neath earth’s grand crypts,
washes my feet
and with me sits.
He broke fresh bread
and wine he poured;
His body blood
and life assured;
that with this supper
we secure,
not memory
but presence sure.
Jesus present,
Risen Lord,
gird me with towel
so to afford
a servant heart,
my life outpour
and with this memory
You Adore.
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