THE TIME FOR KNEELING

The Lamb has been slain,
and the sheep have scattered.
Now is the time for kneeling,
the time for believers
to kneel and call upon his name,
to kneel
and to rise again:
the community of the resurrection.
  ~ Ann Weems

EASTER MORNING

The stirring wildness of God
calls brittle bones to leaping
and stone hearts to soaring.
Old women dance among the stars.
  ~ Ann Weems

AND THE GLORY

The silence breaks into morning.
That One Star lights the world.
The lily springs to life and
not even Solomon ...
Let it begin with singing
and never end!
Oh, angels, quit your lamenting!
Oh, pilgrims,
upon your knees in tearful prayer,
rise up
and take your hearts
and run!
We who were no people
are named anew
God's people,
for he who was no more
is forevermore.
  ~ Ann Weems