MAGDALENE POEM
by John Taggart
Love enters the body
enters
almost
almost completely breaks and enters into the body
already beaten and broken
peaceful if breaking if breaking
and entering the already broken is peaceful
untouchable fortunately
untouchable.
This poem almost broke and entered my heart. Some Christians will say it’s the “wrong” Mary. We should be honoring the Blessed Mary Mother Virgin Divine on the fourth Sunday of Advent, just before Christmas. But no. There are multiple generic Marys—all sacred, all blessed, few virginal, all bursting with love to give and to receive.
Who this Christmas will break and enter your battered and yearning heart—peacefully?
Sunday, December 23, 2012
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