Poem June 22, 1974 Issue

MESSAGE TO PETER

Mark 16:7

Hazel Harper Brandner

If we, like Peter, have denied the Christ
And in some garden failed in keeping calm
When self-assertion was not sacrificed,
Let us remember as a soothing balm
That Jesus healed the servant's ear and sent,
When he had newly risen from the tomb,
A special message which no doubt was meant
To comfort sorrowing Peter in his gloom.

Let us take heart and know that Love divine
Will lift us from our rash, impetuous ways
And bring our worthiness to light as sign
That we, like Peter, may spend useful days
In spreading through the world the active leaven
That makes the earth a stepping-stone to heaven.

Hazel Harper Brandner

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