Saturday, March 19, 2022

Third Saturday in Lent

“Then Jesus asked him, ‘What is your name?’ He replied, ‘My name is Legion; for we are many.’"
Mark 5:9

the children huddling
in basements shaken
by bombs and missiles,
the families walking untold
miles to find sanctuary,
the folks who sleep rough
every night in hidden places,
the lonely who cry themselves
to sleep each and every night,
the broken who long to find
healing which seems elusive,
the vulnerable who are pushed
from one agency to another
without anyone really noticing
their faces, their hands, their hearts

we are indeed
the family called Legion
and we pray beg you, God,
not to send us away
as so many of your children
do

© 2022 Thom M. Shuman

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