The Lamb of God
Mar 27, 2017
(Painting: Lamb by Francisco Zurbarán)1
The sounds of Passover
fill the streets with
desperate bleating
as all the animals
must be dragged
to play their
sacrificial roles.
All, that is, save one
who goes quietly
with determination,
strength, and purpose.
Lamb of God
have mercy on me.
Amen
Footnotes
1
Zurbarán, Francisco, 1598-1664. Lamb, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=47446 [retrieved March 27, 2017]. Original source: <www.yorckproject.de>.