Advent

(Adveniat regnum Tuum)

Once a Pharisee;

What did we see?

That the sun only shines on the righteous,

That the strong will inherit the earth,

That all weakness must crumble in terrors

And that thinking has limited worth?

Once a Pharisee,

But then we saw

A vast and furious field of what

Is humanly fair to know,

Of episteme, mind and thought.

Admiration, honour, and awe

Were in our mirrored path.

And what did we see?

The road to a sceptic wrath -

The road of the Sadducee.

Once a Sadducee

What did we see?

Or rather, what did we not?

Evading eternity,

We turned our gaze to prod

Into substance, devoid of God.

So, where does it lead,

this path of ours?

And where do our leaders go?

From ditch to ditch,

On a narrow trail,

We stumble, as darkness grows.

But rest assured,

The dawn is coming!

This light will outshine any doubt.

The King of Heaven

is approaching

Revealed in word, in deed, in might!

Beyond the scope of human reason,

mindful labour, and despair,

There is our King,

forgiving treason -

reaching out, and coming near.

Real and regal, He is here!

Dec. 2, 2014