Solemnity of Christ the King
November 23, 2014
For us who count by votes
to elect the ones who make decisions
in limited terms of office,
the title king
does not refer to ultimate office,
but to a person,
beyond the ones with voting power,
with infinite attributes,
a king of eternal origin,
almighty in power,
exhaustless in deeds of mercy,
with a maker’s
relationship of gifting life.
Funeral Mass and Burial
Monday, October 13
You stumbled, Bill, as often,
and Abba caught you,
coming to hospice to say goodbye
and you barely waved one last time,
your posts in life were often similar,
appearing without training,
with friends to carry you through,
like theologians for trusting companions
when deciphering Vatican II,
directing confreres of English tongue
around the world,
with smile enough to span the globe,
a rainbow smile
that danced and sang in one exhilaration.
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The joy of a vineyard,
misplaced in Eden's accounting,
with super bunches
for vigorous bountiful vintage,
forms an older owner's
ideal investment
for sharecropping:
a bunch for you
and one for me,
with careful weighing
at the end.
Epiphany 2015
You took great pains, my Lord,
to show yourself revealed as Christ,
aside from stories floating free
of angels, star and Magi,
you raised some eyebrows
with public baptism and Cana’s wine,
repeated healings astounding everyone,
and then you seemed to erase it all
on Golgotha.