MAGDALENA

E-THOT POETRY WARNING🚨LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE

The Woman taken in Adultery - painting by Guercino, 1621

Lying in the dust - face down - upon a crowded street,
clutching at the sandals strapped upon the Master's feet; 
Learned men of Law demand to stone the sinful whore- 
But Jesus whispers "Woman..." and implores her "sin no more" 

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Woman, where thine accusers be? They every one have flown;
for Christ said only sinless be the first to cast the stone.

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This is the Way of God's Love,
This is the Way of True Love; 
the song in the night that weaves Light,
the way of the Heart that leads home
over the narrow and steep path, 
back the Valley of Love's death;
ever God finds us, in love to Him binds us, 
leaving behind us the burdens that blind us
to Hope, and the Way of God's Love.

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Woman, where thine accusers be? Tis' Christ who will atone- 
for Christ made thee to sinless be, and made thy sin his own...

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Magdalena! Magdalena -
loved by Christ upon the Throne!
If spared by He, then how can we
be first to cast the stone?