April 12, 2019

My Journey to God

Grand Entrance

Children jump and sing.
Their dogs gambol and wag.
Mothers lift infants to be blessed.
Palm fronds bend in raised hands.
Hosannas ring form stone to stone.
A donkey brays. Hearts soar as
Jesus, more king than Christ this day,
threads needle-narrow streets.
No Sadducee wades among this throng
which Pax Romana fails to pacify.
Pockets of Pharisees see for themselves
the lowly lift the carpenter’s son
on a beast of burden.
None know how this path will twist
Nor the bath that awaits the Anointed.

By Michael Barrett
 

(Michael Barrett is a member of St. Philip Neri Parish in Indianapolis.)

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