The Eloquence of Truth. Father Ralph Wright

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СКАЧАТЬ have no care

      for all that is and breathes

      upon our planet

      and are prepared

      to blow it at one puff

      all out of being

      but God who once

      watched his Son

      nailed by man

      and left to die

      still watches and accepts

      the consequences

      of making man

      able to love

      and — when he fails —

      even of making nails

      ULTRASOUND

      a man who does not love

      the brother

      that he can see

      (in the womb)

      cannot

      love

      God

      whom he has never seen

      JERICHO

      The man who fell in with thieves

      on his way to Jericho

      may have been going there

      – for all we know –

      to murder his mother

      he may have come

      from robbing the Temple

      or sleeping with his next-door-neighbor’s wife

      – we are not told –

      the man who finds him

      half-dead

      clearly does not know

      and God seems to be hammering home

      blow by blow

      the thought

      that worthiness is irrelevant

      all we need

      is to recognize need

      I LISTENED TO THE SOUND OF RAIN

      I listened to the sound of rain

      upon the leaves

      approaching with the wind

      — the rain and wind were still some woods away

      I listened to the terror of the wind

      upon the leaves in anger tearing them

      untimely out of life and swirling them

      at random in the dark upon the ground

      I listened to the calm that came

      from nowhere on the leaves

      when suddenly the angry air was gone

      I heard them welcome with relief

      the newborn silence of the night

      and watch in awe for dawn

      TRUNCATE

      Redwood trees

      have soared in silence

      for thousands of years

      along our shores

      their age

      their calm

      their dignity

      command respect

      scions thrusting

      from the roots of Jesse

      across our land

      towards eternity

      are axed daily

      without awe

      out of being

      MENTAL HEALTH IN BRITAIN (1)

      womb vacant

      danger gone

      fetus dead

      health restored

      womb vacant

      child gone

      faith dead

      health restored

      womb vacant

      fetus gone

      God dead

      health restored

      womb vacant

      child dead

      hope gone

      God save the Queen!

      the mystery of glory

      THE HIGHPRIESTLY PRAYER

      O Father, it is my desire

      That those You gave to me

      Should be with me that where I am

      My friends may also be.

      To them I have revealed your love,

      Your truth, your life, your way;

      And now a word abides in them

      Which СКАЧАТЬ