We have a priest

After Hebrews 8:1-13 

We have a priest

like Melchizedek.

We have a priest

who sits in heaven.

We have a priest

seated at the throne.

Sacrifices are no longer

required, as he was

the sacrifice.

We have a priest who

replaces earthly ones.

We have a priest who

eliminated the need

for earthly priests.

We have a priest who

replaces earthly sacrifices.

We have a priest

in heaven because

we cannot keep the law.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Mother’s Day After Abortion – Camille Cates at New Growth Press.

 

The Hidden Sorrow of Mother’s Day – David Bannon at Front Porch Republic.

 

The Ache for Home – Mary Grace Mangano at Comment Magazine.

A life eternal

After Hebrews 7:25-28 

This priest, this sole member

of the order of Melchizedek,

this king able to save those

who draw near, this priest

is holy. This priest is

innocent. This priest is

unstained. This priest is

separated. This priest is

exalted. This priest makes

no sacrifices, because

this priest was

the sacrifice.

 

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Some Friday Readings

 

The Martyr – poem by Herman Melville at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

Finding Crist in Isolation: A Sonnet for St. Julian of Norwich and A Sonnet for Ascension Day – Malcolm Guite.

 

On the Need to Reactivate Our Right Hemispheres – Eric Scheske at Front Porch Republic.

The kind of Salem

After Hebrews 7:11-28 

A few, fleeting references:

a blessing, a tithe, a king.

He was a king, not

a priest, and yet a priest,

who gave his name

to an order, an order

of one king, one priest,

one man, one man who

lived and died, one man

who gave his name

to one king, one priest,

one man who lived and

died and lived and lives

forever. It is the order

we are called to, the order

of Melchizedek.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Expectation – poem by Sarah Spradlin at Rabbit Room Poetry.

 

Song of the Week: “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” – C. Christopher Smith at The Conversational Life.

 

The Prophets: René Girard – Cynthia Haven at The Free Press.

 

In Memoriam: Janet Reid. Literary Agent. 

As I listened

After Nehemiah 8:1-18

As I listened to the words

read by the priest

I could see the wall

rebuilt around us

the wall we had

rebuilt around us

The priest read the words

to rebuild our hearts

rebuild my heart

like the wall around us

We are together again

our hearts are together again

we rebuild

we restore

we are restored.

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