Mary’s EMBRACE of her Son in
Michelangelo’s Pieta is cold marble but living, warm and true. Mary was giving
Jesus what he needed most. As Advent people, we encounter people every day who
need more than a hug or a handshake at the Peace in Church. EMBRACE a beloved
child of God. Virgina Theological Seminary.
I wonder if someone at the Virgina
Theological Seminary
will point out that Jesus in the Pieta is dead. Too late for hugs.
will point out that Jesus in the Pieta is dead. Too late for hugs.
A time to embrace and a time
to refrain
(it may be too late) from embracing.
(it may be too late) from embracing.
But it’s also not proper to
embrace during menstruation,
but when did that ever stop us in our raunchy, randy days?
but when did that ever stop us in our raunchy, randy days?
But this rule no longer needs
to be obeyed,
now that Jesus has freed us from the Law.
now that Jesus has freed us from the Law.
Before Jesus, people were
originally sinful;
only by obeying the Law could they not be bad.
only by obeying the Law could they not be bad.
But Jesus’s blood has now
redeemed us;
we can be good by following our hearts.
we can be good by following our hearts.
So, in that case, why can’t we have free sexual pleasure
at will? The answer is, we constrain ourselves
at will? The answer is, we constrain ourselves
for the
sake of a sublimated pleasure that is greater
and more sustainable than physical pleasure.
and more sustainable than physical pleasure.
Our embraces must be chaste
with those beloved with whom we most closely collaborate.
Poems for Advent 2017
with those beloved with whom we most closely collaborate.
Poems for Advent 2017
