Carline Francois's Blog - Posts Tagged "palm"

*Holy Week, a week that changed the world.*

Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna!
Entering Jerusalem
Sweet date palms, fan palms of praise to the King.
A Passover feast to celebrate, an ancient tradition full of purpose and meaning.
Donkey's step by steps are candid.
A King's joy expressed and welcomed.
People cheering with palm fronds in hand.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!

A new day
A new way
A new eternal joy springing from the pains of suffering.

A Thanksgiving Meal, Holy Eucharist.
Last Supper,
'Take and eat this is my body'...
giving thanks...
'Drink from it all of you, for this is
my blood of the covenant,
it will be shed on behalf of many, for
forgiveness of sins'.
'Do this in remembrance of me'.

A King, teaches serving one another as we wash each others' feet.
A King, teaches service that leads to eternal joy.
Announcement is made of betrayal, Judas.
Announcement is made of denial, Peter.

Garden of Gethsemane, an oil press of sorrow that touches the soul.
Tears of blood streaming down my cheeks.
Close friend Apostles asleep during watch
Olive trees swaying, catching the events as the evening unfolds.

Time has come to reap the fruits of betrayal.
A Judas kiss seals the deal.
Arrested for innocence.
Arrested for salvation.
Arrested for mercy.
Arrested for forgiveness.
Arrested for love.
Arrested for redemption.
Arrested, need i say more.
A time to reap the fruit of denial, '...before the cock crows thrice'. Peter.

Trial awaits. Pilate to judge.
Decisions are made.
Guilty with punishment, harsh flogging a mortification.
Disfigured physicality,
Disfigured to the senses,
Disfigured unrecognizable, a true penance.

Crown of thorns, a tortured silence.
Crown of thorns, touching the bone of my skull.
Crown of thorns, given a purple cloak in mocking attempts.
Crown of thorns, given a reed in mocking attempts.

Guilty with punishment, Crucifixion.
Via Dolorosa, a bloody painful path.
Via Dolorosa, destiny awaits.
Via Dolorosa, Simon was made to come to my aid, because the cross was too heavy for my battered soul to take.
Via Dolorosa, ends at the mountain top.

Golgotha
Place of the skull
Foreboding, foreshadowing
A doom and gloom
A destiny's call.

Arrival to the inevitable.
Arrival to the wooden cross.
Arrival to that nailing on the cross.

Nails driven through my wrist, right and left.
Nails driven through my feet, stacked right on top of left.
Pain raking me through and through.
Pain raw to the core.
It is only moments now, this too shall pass me by.
'My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?'
Forsaken me to this?
It is for salvation's sake.
For redemption's song.
For love of humanity.
For the sake of mercy.
For the sake of love.
For the sake of redemption.

At the right, guilty soul begs for forgiveness.
Receives mercy, love, and redemption.
A sacred promise made-'You will be with me in paradise'.

Silence...
'Father I gave up my Spirit'.
'Truly this was the Son of God'.
Silence...silence...silent.

Bones are not broken,
Sacred heart is pierced, by a soldier's lance.
Blood and water spilling out.
Mercy given by the blood of the Lamb.
Silence, silence a mourning song.

Mary's Mourning
A mother's sorrow pierces her heart.
A child's death, one can not depart.
Body lowered to a pieta on a Mary's lap.
Tears of sorrow are heard among the beloved.
Savior's ending too much to cope.

Burial Preparation
Joseph of Arimathea to claim a priceless and beloved joy.
Lovingly prepared for burial.
Laid to rest in peace in the new Garden.
Tomb closed, purposed for a miracle.

Descended to the dead to save souls of saints of old.

Resurrection To Behold
Soldiers guard tomb as their duty holds.
Angels sent to unleash a perfect miracle.
New hope shining blindly with heavenly light stands at the opening.
An Easter blessing awaits us!