Palm Sunday Ponderings...
The Holy Week begins...
The Sanctuary waits in silence...
Clothed in purple and palm it stone-stands in stillness
for the first acts of the Divine drama
soon to be played out upon its steps,
as time touches the eternal Now
and sister Moon's cycle signals
the annual encounter with the deep remembrance of redemption's blooded blessing...
Here in sacred time, we are called to trace, to encounter once again,
the Sacred Mystery of Divine Love poured out for humanity.
In this holiest of weeks,
clothed in the wedding garments
of symbol and song,
of liturgy and light,
the Eternal Action of the Word made Flesh
inter-penetrates history,
heals the sin-sundered cosmos,
and grace weds humanity to divinity once again...
Hurry...
Leave aside Lenten longing...
Be ready to live
in the in-between of these blessed days
that
begin with Hosanna
and end in
Alleluia
and whose
still centre
is the cosmic silence
that follows the last
healing breath
of
the Blessed One...
Blessings to you and yours this Holiest of Weeks...
