My old pastor posted this on Facebook.
#Lent
#AshWednesday
#ValentinesDay
As if that‘s not enough, it‘s also the start of MLB spring training.
My old pastor posted this on Facebook.
#Lent
#AshWednesday
#ValentinesDay
As if that‘s not enough, it‘s also the start of MLB spring training.
This is the second book of poetry I‘ve read by Malcolm Guite—I discovered his poetry in 2020, through a series of sonnets he wrote on the Psalms, which spoke to me so deeply during that time. This collection is likewise full of well-crafted sonnets, these corresponding to the liturgical calendar. There is a series for the Stations of the Cross and one for Advent that were particularly meaningful to me. I‘ll be going back to these again and again.
1. Exercise obsessed. Always have been. Go to ballet class whenever & wherever. Been dancing since I was 9. I stopped when I was married. No wonder that didn‘t last. 2. Stretching with a 🍷 on 🩰 free nights. Stretching for me takes at least 2 glasses & I can stretch for hrs. 3. I ❤️ a foreign 🎥 & how they never quite end right, that‘s more realistic than Hollywood. Reading the screen keeps me awake. If I lay down I am asleep but only after dark.
Great to read with a group and awesome study. Happy Easter!
Now to the gate of my Jerusalem,
The seething holy city of my heart,
The Saviour comes. But will I welcome him?
…Jesus, come
Break my resistance and make me your home.
(Listen to this sonnet read by the poet here: https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/palm-sunday-a-sonnet-8/)
Since I couldn‘t be with my family this Easter, I decided to spend some time reflecting on some of the women in the story. I read the Women of Christmas not too long ago, and this is just as insightful. It‘s amazing to me how trained our brains are to see the women in the stories as background, when in reality they had some of the most key story points.
My Lent reading is completed. I hope everyone who celebrates this religious holiday had a restful Easter. #Biblebuddyread @BookBabe