Words of Absolution

Last evening as the Sacrament of Reconciliation was administered throughout the Pittsburgh Diocese, I heard these words very clearly.  My penance was to use them as a mantra (“……..may God give you pardon and peace……… ) and felt compelled to put them into a poem.

In the garden was my Lord forlorn,

He suffers, my sins led Him here;

He Pardons me of all derision;

A walk He’ll take for my Forgiveness.

The load he carries upon his shoulders,

This weight he bears, my name it says;

I’ll Pardon your sins, walk with me,

To this I’ll seek give me Faith.

His flesh is torn the nails go deep,

For you and more My Father calls Me;

O Lord I cry, why this so cruel,

As you are raised I ask for Grace.

God’s Son dies upon the cross,

Blood shed, so pure, redeems us all;

Our sins are Pardoned, free of death,

 At last we can live, in enduring Peace.

Good Friday 2018