Meditation on the Crucifixion by Mimi Ess (be sure to click on image for larger version)
While Meditating Upon the Passion
I long to be the teardrop
Rolling ever so slowly down your cheek
Searching the curves and creases of your most holy face
Lightly kissing moisture upon your dry lips.
I long to be the air that becomes your breath
Bought with your agony as you push up to draw me in,
Absorbed into your body offered to the Father,
Flowing mercy from your wounds,
Exhaling love upon the world.
I long to be the cry
Welling up from the depths of your soul
Blinded by the night that envelops it.
Rushing to meet you as the all-consuming pain
draws you deeper into the darkness,
Finally bursting forth a helpless scream,
The cry of God - to God -
For mercy.
I long to be the last beat of your heart,
Suspended there in time
Until the Father grants you life anew
And then -
Captured there in eternity,
A prisoner of Divine Love.
- Brenda Stinson
My favorite verse in this is the one that starts with, "I long to be the cry welling up from the depths of your soul". On this day, we are all reminded of the tremendous suffering Jesus went through, before and after he was hung on the cross. He suffered betrayal, rejection, torture, ridicule, and most of all; so much pain. I have children who I love with all my heart and would do anything to spare them pain. As I would for anyone I love. Which is why ... I love this poem. I would want to be there for Jesus. The illustration is amazing. Every time I look at it (enlarged), I see more faces. But Mary stand out to me the most.
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