Lent 2012 - Jesus: Perfect Victim & Mercy Voucher

http://outspokenart.withtheworks.net/english_poems/mercy_voucher.html

This poem is from the manuscript "Voices of Victims" dedicated to give voice to the voiceless. After reading the poem consider and meditate on how Jesus is our Mercy Voucher: the exemplary victim, the Perfect Sacrifice of the unblemished Lamb of God. How is Jesus our God-Teacher on the pain and suffering of the Cross.

Transfiguration

from what I’m not
   to what I really am

from the ordinary known
   to unknown possible

from the earthen clay and ashes
   blossoming into light

from the kiss
   only love can issue

from the life
   only hope may lead to

with no sound
   but silence

empty
   awaiting the fullness of joy

nothing
   becoming something

a treasure
   in the heart of God


(MA Nangini March 6-2012)