Post by gmspencer on Jul 9, 2009 13:30:06 GMT -5
Christus Victor - On Baptism
God planted a Vine in Israel, root
deep of Mary’s own flesh steeped in our dark
self, hypostasis of Heaven and Earth.
Life-giving Vine, flesh fresh cut deep so sap
flows over our branches - cuttings grafted in -
Closing up God’s flesh to hold us tight.
This is what kept Eve from going crazy.
This is what drove old Abraham
From one wilderness altar to another.
This is the sum of Jacob’s sweetest dreams:
Angels frolicing upon his ladder.
God planted a Vine in Israel, root
deep of Mary’s own flesh steeped in our dark
self, hypostasis of Heaven and Earth.
Life-giving Vine, flesh fresh cut deep so sap
flows over our branches - cuttings grafted in -
Closing up God’s flesh to hold us tight.
This is what kept Eve from going crazy.
This is what drove old Abraham
From one wilderness altar to another.
This is the sum of Jacob’s sweetest dreams:
Angels frolicing upon his ladder.