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COMMENTARY

Echoes

Guest columnist

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weary

of the

explanations

reasons

theories

scattered

blames

silently

mourning

together

is all i

understand

how to do

each

broken

heart

is

unique

and

creation

wide

simultaneously

the mystery

who slept

with mary

must have

felt

that way

if

realizing

what

she

the carpenter

and their

baby

would

experience

soon

becoming

refugees

so the story

goes

barely

escaping

the boys

slaughter

along

with other

little children

about his age

as a young man

he would be

executed

in two reports

of the story

his last

word

was

why

so he is

called

the human

face of

the

mystery

whose

name

is

love

and that

has never

been

much of

an

answer

only

a

presence

giving

comfort

and courage

to those

learning

what sadness

means

h.

Hubert Neth, a United Methodist pastor, has been contributing to the Journal for more than 20 years.
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