6. Mark 1:11-12

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40 Poems in 40 Days

6. Mark 1:11-12

“You are my Beloved . . .

And the Spirit drove him out.”

Out

into the wilderness

Is where you’re heading

For a time and a season

At least, whether you want

It or not, and you don’t

Want it.

But,

Nothing says the Beloved did either. We

Have parties after our baptisms

Generally. He had a 40-day ordeal

Juggling wilderbeasts on 4 sides

And the evil one on the 5th.

And yet

He came out strong, Mark

Doesn’t say how, but

It must have something to do

With being Beloved,

No?

If

So go into the emptiness

With courage embracing your

Fear for you are too,

Beloved,

That is.

Published by johnpmcginty

A native of the North Shore of Boston, I currently live in Worcester County, Massachusetts. I worked at Boston College as the Acting Director of The Church in the 21st Century Center until August, 2010 and served until November 2016 as Canon for Formation, and Dean of the George Mercer Jr. School of Theology of the Diocese of Long Island. I was happy to serve as Rector at the Church of Saint Anselm of Canterbury in Shoreham, New York from late 2016 to early 2020. I began service as Rector of The Church of Saint Matthew in the city of Worcester on the first day of the fateful month of 2020.

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