In his moments of agony
hanging on the cross
distanced from the father
drenched with our sin
Heavy on the cross
crying out to God
utterly forsaken
abandoned and alone
March 15, 2010
Matthew 27:46
Matthew 27:45-50
and
Day 174, “Cry of Abandonment”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/15/10
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