Easter Saturday

A poem I wrote as we wait for Easter Day and the life returned in splendor

John’s Hope

Heart of Love

Dying for the world

Reaching out to save

All I can do

is stand by you

an onlooker on the sport of death

All I can give

I do

My heart

in all its simplicity

lies with yours

All I can hope

is that it is

some small speck of comfort

some speck of light

in the gathering darkness

which obscures

the True reality of

Your Glory

You are not alone

We hold you in our tears

We stay with you beyond the end

hoping, praying, waiting

for the New beginning

What is a blessing?

Here is a new animation video on what is a Blessing.

Please see the new Blessing page for further writings and Blessings.

https://youtu.be/vul-GmRtT-4

Why is the Cross so important?

Why is the cross so important?

The Cross is a pivotal moment in all time and space, when immanence and transcendence collide.

What is immanence and transcendence?

Immanence is life here and now, transcendence is life eternal. It is God with us here and God with us beyond time and space.

Why is it not possible to avoid the cross and its message?

To try and avoid, deny or ignore the cross is to misunderstand the meaning of Love and God’s presence through tremendous suffering. It is to not recognise or to misunderstand the possibility of Mercy that flows from this dire place and the promise of life beyond it.

Did Christ fail?

Some people say Christ failed in His mission? They see the cross as failure. 

I say no, Christ did not fail. He clearly states His path and His intention throughout the Gospels. It was a choice that he clearly made, with the intention of picking His life up again. He knew God’s plan. He repeatedly tells us, ‘Do not be afraid.’

This choice, He makes, is a point of Power, despite the horrendous agony to be endured. He wants us to know that there is a greater purpose than what is visible on the Cross.

Everything points to the Passion in the Gospel readings. Every story has a message in it, about what is coming, if only you have eyes to see and ears to hear, a heart to feel it.

Everything leads to the Cross.

Everything proceeds from the Cross.

What is Reconciliation, Healing and Mercy?

These three things - Reconciliation, Healing and Mercy work together from the Cross. They interweave. All our pain and suffering, hurt, injustice, wounding, is held in the Heart of Jesus Christ on the Cross, all pain felt by Him for all time. All is taken in upon Him, by Him, with God’s strength and Love invisibly holding Him. Instead of bitterness, anger, indignation, desire for revenge, Love is given back, Mercy is released into the whole world and its Healing becomes a possibility.

This is the revelation of the Heart of Love:

Christ on the Cross. 

The Father holding him in a circle of Love.

The Holy Spirit being released more fully into the world.

All Three working together in unison, spreading Mercy, Love, Forgiveness, Healing, Reconciliation for all that is wrong, bringing new life and hope: one Heart, Three Being in Oneness. The Heart of Love, pure, total, ever present, all encompassing healing Love.

Holy Thursday - Poem about the cross - a personal experience

The Bleakest Place is the Cross, yet it is also the point of Hope and Mercy; 

Hope for living

Hope of dying

Hope of Life in Christ.

Mercy in living

Mercy in dying

Mercy from Christ Himself.

Here, suffering is intense, immense, unimaginable, horrific, unbearable, tortuous.

Life feels beyond possible when you meet this place. Pain, so exquisite in intensity that it is unbelievable that you can be alive to bear it.

And so I hang in the Bleakest Place

In the darkness of unutterable agony

In indescribable torment

Waiting

For it to pass

Praying for it to end

Not knowing if this is death

Coming upon me.

I lie in absolute awareness

Of myself

Pure being

Life

In a body

So agonised

It feels like the end.

And yet

Somewhere

Miraculously

Mysteriously

The end does not come.

I repeat

I trust in you Lord

I trust in you.

I call out to God

Am I dying?

He says in a small still voice

It is not your time 

And so I cling on

To a purity

Of essence

Large and vast

In the centre

Of fear.

The pain is so loud

It drowns out

All other thought.

I am racked by the pain.

It burns me

Yet somehow

Through the centre

I am held

By God

By Love

By Hope

By Truth

By Mercy.

My time is not yet come.

I still have a purpose

And life

Remains

And Peace

Conquers

And I arise

Like the Phoenix

Transcendent

And glorious

In splendour

Of knowing

The Light of God

Within me.

The voice of God

Has spoken.

I have more 

To give

In service.

This gift is precious

And unquantifiable

I still live

Here.

I am washed clean

By a baptism of pain

Beyond description

Only peace remains.

I know the cross.

It is true.

I lie with Christ

Upon the cross

And I am consumed

By pain

And agony beyond 

Telling.

Yet somehow

Miraculously

I am touched

By God Himself

And find

Fear

Harm

Anger

Loss

All

Is

Burnt

Away

In 

The

Agony

Of 

The cross

Till

All that

Remains

Is good.

And life 

Is utterly

Totally

Present

Pure 

Awareness

Pure being

Pure presence.

Life 

Is 

Revealed

In it’s

Truest

Form 

And only

Who I am

Remains.

Come Holy Spirit, In every moment be with me.

Come Holy Spirit,

In every moment be with me.

Come Holy Spirit, come

Amen

When we call upon the Spirit and immerse ourselves in the Holy Trinity, we find that God is always present, always accessible and cares for us in absolute abundance. 

His presence is real, alive, with us!

If we immerse ourselves in prayer, we can discover that there are so many ways to pray, that we can always be prayerful and feel linked, connected, one, with God, no matter what we are doing.

When our need is absolute His response is total. He never abandons us, though we may not always feel Him,  if our suffering is intense, yet still we can trust, as we learn more about the Trinity and the Heart of Love that blesses the Universe, that God is truly with us and never leaves us .

The Spirit enlightens, blesses, strengthens, heals, helps, lifts and guides us, bringing us messages of hope, truth and strength. What more can we ever need?

Come Holy Spirit Burn in me with a Passion to know God totally

Come Holy Spirit

Burn in me with a Passion to know God totally

The more we come to know God, the more we want to learn and know, to immerse ourselves in the wonder of knowing God. 

When you come to know the Father, you find yourself also coming to know the Son. When you know the Father and the Son, you cannot be unaware of the infinite wonder of the Holy Spirit, for all Three are One. 

The Oneness, is whole and complete, the purity of Love between the Three is perfectly expressed, harmonious, total. 

As you come to learn about Oneness, so you discover that incredibly, we too are held in that oneness through Christs Passion, Resurrection and Ascension. This is such a humbling, stunning insight that it must surely take a life time to even begin to process its meaning and live more fully in that awareness.

When you come to this realisation you can then chose to embark on an even closer relationship with God. We call this living in the Heart of Love, journeying on the Holyway.

Come Holy Spirit, touch me with your essence, make me whole and complete

Come Holy Spirit, come

Come Holy Spirit,

Touch me with your essence, make me whole and complete

The Holy Spirit brings Love and Spiritual energy to bless us in whatever circumstance we find ourselves in and empowers us. 

We are filled with Light as we pray and strengthened in the Spirit, so that we can see more clearly what is needed. 

We can feel new spiritual energy pouring in to us when the Spirit comes, making us feel whole and complete. 

New things are possible. New vision opens up. Healing and renewal flows with the Spirit. 

We are lifted into the Heart of Love and our prayer life becomes truly alive with the presence of God. We feel closer, we feel uplifted, we feel restored. 

We can feel confident in God’s Love and Mercy, for He is with us and His help is available to us. 

Let us then open our hearts and minds, then, to receive and trust the Holy Spirit, from whom all goodness abounds. Let us rejoice in such an awesome, wonderful presence in the world. 

Let us continue to ask for the spiritual gifts the Holy Spirit brings and use them in service, empathy, kindness and love, for those in need of sustenance. Amen.