"Restore us, O God; let your face shine upon us, and we shall be saved." Psalm 80:3 Reflection: It may seem strange to turn to this psalm on the day after Easter. Yes, I know, it was the next one on the list. But it sounds penitential and pleading to me, like it is unfinished "Lent" business--- not the joyful "Christ is risen" cries we heard yesterday. On the other hand, … [Read more...] about Psalm 80 (Psalms on the Trail)
Easter
Christ is Risen (Psalms on the Trail)
Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; loves lives again, that with the dead has been; love is come again like wheat arising green. In the grave they laid him, love by hatred slain, thinking that he would never wake again, laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen; love is come again like wheat arising … [Read more...] about Christ is Risen (Psalms on the Trail)