Feb 6, 2014

EUCHARISTEO ~ GRATEFUL THANKSGIVING


6th Century Eucharist Chalice From Antioch
Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art



EUCHARISTEO, A POEM
(Greek for Grateful Thanksgiving)


The mystery of death leads to
The Mystery of Life
Answered in Christ rising:
Silence in Heaven,
Wings folded, faces covered,
Extreme humility crushing
serpent pride.
Eden's locked gate opened,
Waiting for denoument
Of the sons of God.
Man rushing, but to where?
Narrow or wide the bed I lie in,
When I wander, hedge me
So that I may
Strip off self,
Put on Thee
So to rise,
Falling Feetward,
Bowing Godward,
Adoration filling soul.
Filled, now overflowing
Eucharisteo is my song;
Kaleidoscope of Glory
'Gash gold-vermillion'*
Over all Creation
That is
Waiting,
Trembling,
For the promised Face-to-face.


   Michele Nadeau Crawford
                                           June 15, 2011


                                      *    From “The Windhover” by
    Gerard Manley Hopkins

                                                             

2 comments:

Jana said...

Ahhh - heart-soaring!

Rebekah said...

You make me cry! Oh so beautiful Michele!