Amy Boucher Pye

Tag: John 12

  • Lenten Poems – “Not to Judge, but Save” (30)

    jesus-410223_1920Jesus fulfills the prophecies of Isaiah. He came to bring mercy, not judgment. May we know his mercy this day, that we might receive the eternal life he speaks of.

    They still didn’t believe (1)

  • Lenten Poems – “Children of Light” (29)

    Photo: McKay Savage, flickr
    Photo: McKay Savage, flickr

    I love this passage, filled with so many thought-provoking words of Jesus. So many songs have been inspired here – “We Want to See Jesus”; “Walk in the Light”; and the one about the kernel of wheat that Russ Taff sings that I can’t place just now! (Help me out if you can!) Thought for the day – become children of light…

    We want to see Jesus (1)

  • Lenten Poems – “Entry of a King” (28)

    By James Tissot. Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007, Public Domain
    By James Tissot. Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007, Public Domain

    Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey. The crowds welcome him, shouting “Hosanna!” but the teachers of the law continue to plot against him.

    Entry of a king (1)

  • Lenten Poems – “Love Poured Out” (27)

    From a 1684 Arabic manuscript of the Gospels, copied in Egypt by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (likely a Coptic monk). In the collection of The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Creative Commons license.
    From a 1684 Arabic manuscript of the Gospels, copied in Egypt by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (likely a Coptic monk). In the collection of The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Creative Commons license.

    Mary anoints Jesus with nard, pouring out her love to him in an act of devotion. Her profession of love met with persecution, however, as the religious leaders keep on with their campaign to eradicate Jesus and now Lazarus too.

    Passover in six days (1)