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At A Private Service Of Prayer And Repentance
Christé, eléison :I can no longer condemn these;
Christé, eléison :no more the rush to judgment;
Christé, eléison :despite those called beacons of the church
(such as they are);
Christé, eléison :despite those haughty, old holiness women
(who call for spiritual feathers and tar
who never called love their own).
Christé, eléison :I can no longer question these;
Christé, eléison :for whom am I to question what love is;
Christé, eléison :at fifty years old and not at fifteen,
Christé, eléison :I know no less what love is than at fifteen
(when I was called "Fairy Jerry,"---awkward adolescent---
and not a poet).
Christé, eléison :I know no less what love is, and know no more
except that Love never afraid to speak its name,
in Whom is my secured Salvation
(and, there, is, now, no condemnation
(and no shame);
Whom I, however unworthily, am privileged to adore.
The Gospel of the Holy Apostle Saint John:
"'FOR THE FATHER JUDGETH NO MAN, BUT HATH COMMITTED ALL JUDGMENT UNTO "'THE SON: THAT ALL MEN SHOULD HONOR THE
SON . . . .'" [John 5:22-23]
The Gospel of the Holy Evangelist Saint Luke:
"'JUDGE NOT, AND YE SHALL NOT BE JUDGED; CONDEMN NOT, AND YET SHALL "'NOT BE CONDEMNED; FORGIVE, AND YE SHALL BE FORGIVEN: GIVE, AND IT"'SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU . . . .'" [Luke 6:37-38]
Christé, eléison : I cannot judge these now; now not at all
Christé, eléison : with so much left to judge within myself.
Starward
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