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Faith and Passion

While collecting my devotional poems, I started noticing they fall into several main categories. Sometimes I was encouraged by a moral insight. Reading the Morality chapter, will help the reader develop a true sense of moral character. Sometimes I was encouraged by a deeper understanding of who God is and how He works. While reading the chapter on Theology, the reader will develop a simple and practical understanding of theology. Then at times I felt like my devotional had real physical nourishment like a sacrament. The chapter on Word and Sacrament will help the reader build a stronger deeper faith. These devotional poems are often summaries of a particular chapter of Scripture. To make the poems clearer the reader might expand their Scripture reading.

I treasure the poems written about faith and passion. There is a relationship between faith and how we interact with other people. Our understanding of God shapes these relationships. Faith is internal and our feelings for our spouse are true internal feelings. As I trust God, I am able to trust my spouse. These relationships are a picture of our faith in God.

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“Galilee”
by Geoffrey Hill
The morning dew weighs heavy.
Woken from sleep way, to early.
Only to remember my loneliness.
Away from the one I love.
Awake at dawn.
Like Mary Magdalene visiting the tomb.
He was real.
It wasn’t a dream?
I felt the beat of his heart.
His caring words.
The purity of innocence.
In all fullness and satisfaction.
I know he is gone,
but I look for him.
I wonder about him.
Memories of him here and there.
Like Mary visiting the tomb.
The dew gives way,
to the passing clouds of day.
The heavy load lifted,
from my shoulders,
like Mary finding the shifted boulder!
An open tomb!
And the Words of promise,
“Do not be afraid,” you will see me, again,
in Galilee.
I hear his voice in his absence.
He stands before me.
A prophetic presence.
Like Mary Magdalene and Mary saw Him.
The morning dew weighs heavily,
away from the one I love.
But I will go to Galilee,
where I will see him again.
There I will look for Him, in Galilee.

“After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.”
(Matthew 28: 1)