A Sabbath Poem (Machado)

Feb 15, 2008

A Sabbath Poem (Machado)

WAKE UP
~ by Antonio Machado

I love Jesus who told us
heaven and earth will pass.
When heaven and earth have passed,
my word will still remain.
O Jesus, what was your word?
Love? Forgiveness? Charity?
All your words were
one word: Awake!

(quoted in The Music of Time by John S. Dunne,
source: www.spiritualityandpractice.org)

Feb 15, 2008 9:38:34 AM | Sabbath Poems

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