Sunday, June 10, 2012

The Poetry of Worship



Hearts: quiet
Choir: white-collared in gray robes,
            lined processionally
Pulpit cloth: sunburst cross
    J.S. Bach Fugue in G Minor
News note in the bulletin:
Mob violence in India threatens
children in orphans’ home
Welcome: warm hello, Max
Confess: pardon assured
Our Father who art
We sing
   There is the glory
   Risen conqu’ring Son
Offering: submission
We sing
   The Lord is My Light
Luke to Theophilus:
   wait for the gift,
   promised
Did St. Patrick sing?
Not sure but we do
   Be Thou My Vision
Finale: Trumpet
Glory


Photograph: Hope. Coffee and Melody by Barb Ver Sluis via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

4 comments:

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Beautiful tribute to the order of worship!
Blessings!

Duane Scott said...

This needs to go into your book!

S. Etole said...

And the amen.

Anonymous said...

in the orphans' home