Saturday, May 16, 2015

A Sonnet for Ascension Day (Malcolm Guite)

We saw his light break through the cloud of glory 
Whilst we were rooted still in time and place 
As earth became a part of Heaven’s story 
And heaven opened to his human face. 

We saw him go and yet we were not parted 
He took us with him to the heart of things 
The heart that broke for all the broken-hearted 
Is whole and Heaven-centred now, and sings, 

Sings in the strength that rises out of weakness, 
Sings through the clouds that veil him from our sight, 
Whilst we ourselves become his clouds of witness 

And sing the waning darkness into light, 
His light in us, and ours in him concealed, 
Which all creation waits to see revealed. 


Poem source:  Malcolm Guite
Image 1 source:  L'Ascension, School of Philippe de Champaigne, 1636, Val de Grâce, Paris
Image 2 source:  Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Mill Valley, CA

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