A Positively Poetic Priest

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday BCP 228) Trinity Sunday! The most confusing liturgical holy day on the calendar! Despite our continued confusion about the Trinity which is our God, Trinity Sunday is also one of my favorite holy days. This is one of the Sundays we cannot even pretend to understand everything. On Trinity Sunday we acknowledge the awe-inspiring mystery of God. In focusing our energy most of the year on stories of Jesus in the gospels during church, we can almost start to get the sense that we can understand God through Jesus. However, when we ...

Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Maundy Thursday BCP 221) "Holy mysteries." Indeed, what we commemorate and celebrate in the the next three days are a series of Holy Mysteries. Jesus turns the world upside down by sharing God's love through death and resurrection. The irony that actually following Jesus' teachings in a world described as 'culturally Christian' is still counter-cultural despite centuries of Christianity being the prevailing religious institution in our country is not lost during this time. The holy mysteries of Holy Week have been used and abused by those in authority for so long, we have forgotten the true surprise and ...

A poem for Holy Week the lover cries the divine spark glows consuming and empowering identifying, locating, mystifying the concepts are never reached the symbols are encircling being outward and visible despite the lack of color defining love and hunger beyond the deceptive intelligence our senses let us know when what is myst is found