The Baptism of Christ
Selected by Dan Clendenin
The Baptism of Christ
Written by: Dan Clendenin
The Baptism of Christ
by Malcolm Guite
Beginning here we glimpse the Three-in-one;
The river runs, the clouds are torn apart,
The Father speaks, the Sprit and the Son
Reveal to us the single loving heart
That beats behind the being of all things
And calls and keeps and kindles us to light.
The dove descends, the spirit soars and sings
‘You are belovèd, you are my delight!’
In that quick light and life, as water spills
And streams around the Man like quickening rain,
The voice that made the universe reveals
The God in Man who makes it new again.
He calls us too, to step into that river
To die and rise and live and love forever.
Source: Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year, © 2012 Malcolm Guite
Dan Clendenin: dan@journeywithjesus.net
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