LET US NOT DISSECT THE RIGHT TO LIFE
ALL LIFE IS SACRED.
THE BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
JESUS SAYS:
PUT AWAY THE SWORD
PUT AWAY THE HANDGUN
PUT AWAY THE LETHAL INJECTION
PUT AWAY THE VACUUM EXTRACTOR
PUT AWAY THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
PUT AWAY THE CARBON MONOXIDE
PUT AWAY THE NUCLEAR BOMB
PUT AWAY THE M-16 AND AK-47
FOR THOSE WHO LIVE BY THESE,
WILL DIE BY THESE.
A DEATH OF RELIANCE ON DEATH.
AN EXTINCTION OF HOPE.
JESUS GIVES US A NEW COMMAND.
“LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.”
GOD SHOWS US THE WAY OF HOLINESS,
ASKS US TO TRUST IN GOD,
PROMISING LIFE CONQUERS DEATH.
Michael McCarthy, October 1996
Fr. Brian C. at Holy Trinity Church here in P.H. gave a powerful, inspiring sermon Good Friday this year, on the full implications of Jesus' last words to His church before His death , "Put away the sword." I hope to be able to publish at least a summary of his message sometime soon--best homily I've ever heard from the parish pulpit on the true social & personal challenge of peacemaking. [You really would have had to have been there to receive the complete blessed impact!] Now with the flames of Pentecost upon us, I bring out above a poem of more than ten years ago, to echo in a small way Fr. Brian's good courageous words.
Celtic illumination by Kathy Brahney
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