17 April 2014

The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery



            -4-
The Way

His back is bent, his knees are full of grit.
He falls and falls at almost every step.
The guards stand round like demons from the pit,
or stoners crowded round the demirep.
Do you feel pity, seeing him this day,
though all your eyes observe is weight of wood?
You think you would have helped him on his way!
A noble thought—you ponder as you should.
Yet with this cross the savior must begin
a lonely way, the burden his alone.
Unless he washes feet and cleanses sin,
we cannot have a place in our Lord's home.

Just walk with him, go step by step awhile
and on your face wear too his suffering smile.





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