A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 19 B
October 4, 2015
St. Mark 10:2-16 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Commentary: Jesus dialogues with the Pharisees regarding
marriage and divorce and refers to the ‘Torah’ – Genesis account of Creation to
answer their inquest. Then he again points to children, the least of these, as
models of faith in the Kingdom of God.
2 Some
Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce
his wife?” 3 He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” 4 They
said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce
her.” 5 But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he
wrote this commandment for you. 6 But from the beginning of creation,
‘God made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man shall leave
his father and mother and be joined to his wife, [a] 8 and
the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one
flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one
separate.”
10 Then
in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11 He
said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery
against her; 12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another,
she commits adultery.”
Jesus
Blesses Little Children
13 People
were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the
disciples spoke sternly to them. 14 But when Jesus saw this, he was
indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop
them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God
belongs. 15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of
God as a little child will never enter it.” 16 And he took them up in
his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.
Footnotes:
A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 19 B
October 4, 2015
This poem is dedicated to my niece, Lisa Ann,
on her wedding day: October 3, 2015.
The Other Side
Never
alone
ever
beside
creating
a home
where
love will abide.
So
it began
at
the creation;
Creator
desires
a
deeper relation.
Not
two becoming one,
but
three in communion.
Male,
female, & the Divine
form
such a union.
God
joins together;
two
hearts become three
as
vows are exchanged
naming
the Trinity.
Ever
expanding love,
a
promise for tomorrow
that
lasts until death
through
joy and through sorrow.
From
rib – man’s side
a
new creation.
From
rib of the Crucified,
daily
resurrection.
The
Creator empowers
as
three become one:
two
persons and the Divine
through
God’s loving Son.
Kenn Storck - A
Poem a Sunday – written September 28, 2015
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