Prayer: Kyle Oliver for prayr.cc (CC BY 2.0)
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A poem inspired by the gospel reading from Mark 1 for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany:
Jesus rested
wrestles with sandals
predawn
dewy-eyed
shakes clumpy road dust
unstiffening
recentering
sits beside clearing
damp tunic
still mind
shows compassion
unhurried
self-directed
submits to pursuers
newly willing
understanding
proclaims peace
selfsame
heaven-sent
**
The NRSV has “and his companions hunted for him.” Hunted.
Related Scripture
Mark 1:29-39 (World English Bible, Public Domain)
29 Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them. 32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons. 33 All the city was gathered together at the door. 34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn’t allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.36 Simon and those who were with him searched for him. 37 They found him and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”
38 He said to them, “Let’s go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason.”39 He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
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