The church is locked,
but on a routine visit
- I’m the only one
allowed inside the building now,
and only then to check for fallen plaster -
I find
all is well,
and more,
the ancient stones still sigh out prayers
laid down by centuries of worshippers,
and angels dance,
singing,
“Go in peace.
He is not here, closed
in these stones.
Wherever you are, you
will find him.”
Later, lying in my bed,
I hear the church clock chiming,
tolling out its news;
One:
Peace.
Two:
Fear not.
Three:
Christ is risen.
Four:
Light shines in darkness.
Five:
Darkness has not
o'ercome it.
Six:
Be strong and of good
courage.
Seven:
Faith, hope and love
abide, these three.
Eight:
I shall not leave you
or forsake you.
Nine:
Love one another, just
as I have loved you.
Ten:
Where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is freedom.
Eleven:
You have served me in
the least of these my children.
Twelve:
Lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of time.
Anne Le Bas. Easter
Monday 2020
1. John 20.19
2.Matthew 28.5
3. Luke 24.5
4. John 1. 5
5. John 1.5
6. Joshua 1.9
7. 1 Corinthians 13. 13
8. Hebrews 13.5
9. John 15.12
10. 2 Corinthians 3.17
11. Matthew 25.40
12. Matthew 28.20
