In the Garden–a Lenten Reflection by Fran Bogle

Friday, April 3

Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

 

 

In the the garden

 

an old tree spoke.

 

Listening with my heart

 

I heard

 

words of fear

 

words of anger

 

words of betrayal

 

words of lament

 

from a time when hopelessness seemed stronger than love.

 

Old roots remembered

 

a night

 

in a garden called Gethsemane.

 

Tell the story, the old tree said

 

of the garden

 

and the hill

 

and the empty tomb.

 

Tell the story and have hope.

 

–Fran Bogle

 

 

Thank you holy one, for the roots that helps us remember and the story that fills us with hope. Amen