Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-159 (Devotional)

SPRING

[albeit in the southern hemisphere where CLM originates!]

Spring bursts today, For Christ is risen and all the earth’s at play.

Flash forth, thou sun, The rain is over and gone, its work is done.

Winter is past, Sweet spring is come at last, is come at last.

Bud, fig and vine, Bud, olive, fat with fruit and oil, and wine.

Break forth this morn In roses, thou but yesterday a thorn.

Uplift thy head, O pure white lily through the winter dead.

Beside your dams Leap and rejoice, you merry-making lambs.

All herds and flocks Rejoice, all beasts of thickets and rocks.

Sing, creatures, sing, Angels and men and birds, and everything…

… Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

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By way of Christian Quotation of the Day

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