Miracle

When the man asked
to be cured of his faulty speech, Jesus
touched his tongue, pressing his calloused forefinger
against its fleshy center. The man felt
words well within him, words
of the law and prophets; he felt
creatures swirling in his mouth, and when he opened
his lips, they soared like doves, their soft feathers
brushing his neighbors' ears, every word
perfectly clear and yet still
sounding like miracle, miracle, miracle.

**Lynn Domina

Show Me The Place

The greatest among you must be a servant.

But those who exalt themselves will be humbled,

and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

Matthew 23:11-12

Show me the place, where you want your slave to go
Show me the place, I’ve forgotten I don’t know
Show me the place where my head is bending low
Show me the place, where you want your slave to go

Show me the place, help me roll away the stone
Show me the place, I can’t move this thing alone
Show me the place where the Word became a man
Show me the place where the suffering began

***Leonard Cohen

Link to the song

The Fragile and the Suffering

Matthew 19:30

Widow

Prodigal

The fragile

Legion

Lost

Beggar

The suffering

Meek

Poor

You are losers no more.

Come share your Master’s joy..

For

Many of the first will be last

and

Many of the last shall be first

..