POEMS FOR THE CHRISTIAN YEAR
by
MARIANNE DORMAN
ADVENT
EXPECTATION
MARY LET US FOLLOW YOU
AND WAIT IN EXPECTATION,
FOR THE COMING OF THE SAVIOUR
WHO HERALDS OUR SALVATION.
MARY LET US FOLLOW YOU
AND LEARN THE DISCIPLE'S WAY,
TO DISCERN THE WORD OF GOD
AND PONDER IT IN OUR HEARTS.
THEN LIKE MARY WE SHALL KNOW
THAT WE MUST LIVE EACH DAY,
DURING OUR ADVENT TIME
PRAYING FOR THE CHRISTMAS GIFT.
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WATCH
Watch! You bid me
for every minute,
for every day.
to await Your return.
Maranatha.
What if you find me asleep?
Especially in that sleep of sin
neglecting to love and give
without ever counting the cost.
Maranatha.
Awake! Awake!
Arise and learn of My way,
this holy Advent-tide
who for redemption of all
I came.
Climb to my holy mountain
and view my world
fractured by violence and hate,
motivated by indifference and selfishness.
Come.
What can I do?
Bring My words of love and peace,
To shine in this darkened world
and illuminate the path of many.
Come, Lord come!
REPENTANCE
Repent! Repent!
My message is clear,
Seek forgiveness of sins
in the waters of Jordan.
Arise! Arise!
A new person be.
Follow the Law,
Love your Lord.
One mightier will come
His messenger I am.
To prepare the way
for the Lamb of God.
A VOICE CALLING
The other side of the Jordan,
a desolate and lonely place.
No place too remote
for the enquiring mind.
Last of the prophets crying,
Change your mind;
change your ways.
Think about repentance.
Be washed clean of sin,
To live closer to God.
Follow the Law and Prophets
And the One to come.
THE JORDAN
Crossing the Jordan,
Hebrew children enter
the Promised Land
reminiscent of the Reed Sea.
A new beginning it signified,
taken up later by John.
Be washed in the sacred river
to change your life-style.
Jesus came too to the Jordan;
raising His eyes to heaven.
The Father declares His Sonship
as the Spirit descends.
