HOLY DWELLING
‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’
Monday in Holy Week, April 15, 2019
Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris engulfed by fire
(David)
Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house,
that thou hast brought me thus far? . . .
For thou, My God, wilt build a house for him;
thy servant has found courage to pray before thee.
We build our temples of stone and wood,
walls wrapped with precious gold and jewels of glass;
They hold—and hide—our path to God,
and within, nourish our courage to pray.
(Jesus)
Do you see these wonderful stones and great buildings?
Not one stone will be left here upon another;
all will be thrown down. Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up.
When even temple stones are silenced,
God’s Voice sings on within our hearts,
raising within our Soul the Holy Dwelling
of Love that fire and flood can never doom.
(Mary Magdalene)
O, who will roll away the stone barring the tomb?
He is not here; he has risen! Go forth singing,
Allelulia! Christ is Risen!
He is Risen, indeed! Allelulia!
David: 1 Chronicles 17: 16, 25
Jesus: Mark 13:1-2; Mark 14:58
Mary Magdalene: Mark 16:1-7
(c) Susan Creighton 2019
The rector in his Easter Sunday sermon pointed out with many examples that resurrection occurs in darkness. The burning of Notre Dame was one such example.
We all visited Paris when my daughter was living in Germany but did not see Notre Dame unfortunately. But she and her husband made another visit and did visit there, even climbing the towers.