MARY OF MAGDALA

photo by Vincent Hogrefe

MARY OF MAGDALA

With tears flowing, in meekness Mary stands

Silently, face covered with her hands.

Strange, Simon the host—firm and stout,

Fails to give due respect

To his honored guest, Jesus of Nazareth,

Who “full of grace and truth,”*

Not offended, loves the Pharisee as he loves

Those who cold of heart leave love behind,

As Judas did, the moral dwarf of deceptive mien.

But Mary Magdalene, he loves

As she loves him; with a love profound

He teaches her on sacred ground

That Love is Life—(O heavenly sound!)

Mary’s love-filled devotion found

An unconditional love in him,

Which long she had anticipated—

For her to meet true love was fated.

“Sit down and hear what I have to say:

From you who have been sorely tried,

Doubt and fear will swiftly fly,

And brief will be your grief.

Trust well and love serenely,

Embrace a matter-free thought keenly,

And follow me to find the faculty

Of spiritual perception, that healing path

Called Resurrection!”

She, bearing witness to his truth, replies:

“I will not fear the darkest night,

Beloved, dearest Master!”

Forgotten were mind’s sore vexations

As morning turning bright before her eyes,

Mary, most pure of heart, not shrinking,

Beholds first the risen Christ—

He, who loved her holy, who did not blink,

Nor judge, but recognized

A love-sustaining spirituality

Within her humble soul confined.

Weeping, she hears one calling, “Mary!

Tell me: Whose shape, dearest, do you see?”

“Rabboni! From heaven’s splendid fold, clearly

I see your Christly form appearing warm, not cold.”

Upwards bend, as a bird soaring into the sky’s vaults,

The spiritual flight of thought goes on within

Love’s liberating Mind—and never halts!

*   John 1:14

--Eva-Maria 

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. (Meister Eckhart)

photo by Eva-Maria

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there. (Meister Eckhart 1260-1327)

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Have a peaceful EASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

with love

Eva-Maria

 

In Science we can use only what we understand. (Mary Baker Eddy).

pictures by Charlotte Jason!

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.  A little understanding of Christian Science proves the truth of what I say of it.  Because you cannot walk on the water and raise the dead, you have no right to question the great might of divine Science in these directions. 

One should not tarry in the storm if the body is freezing, nor should he remain in the devouring flames.  Until one is able to prevent bad results, he should avoid their occasion.

In Science we can use only what we understand. (Mary Baker Eddy).

On a rainy day

On a rainy day as we have today, 

a grey pall of moister-laden air

the sky dark

cries

the winds blow around the block

the movements of thought we create

all day whistle 

harsh

no answer found within the lines

waxen and solemnly invisible

words

and so the dove flies back to its Arch

as do light-mantled sooties return

to their nests

beyond

hugging the cliff face not wrecked

but calm before the precipice

and then swing back

to the stillness

--of my heart!

poem by Eva-Maria 

Warmly,

Eva-Maria