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Promise For Mary |
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The priest read the gospel and we stood Together in the pew listening to the Story of the widow who married seven brothers And the riddle put to Jesus: "In the resurrection, Master, whose wife will she be?" And Jesus answered "No one's wife." For in the afterlife you become Like angels. And I thought "Pure Spirit" as I touched her Standing next to me, "Without body or gender, Consciousness without sex" We looked at each other, Still standing, She smiled and I smiled back, No longer hearing the priest read, I leaned to whisper, Smelling her hair As I moved my lips Toward her ear: "In the resurrection, I'll be Your husband still. . . I promise." by Doug Tanoury |
[The Wedding Poem | Like the Birds | Promise | Sunday Morning | Latin Hymns]
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