What we witnessed
For my godchild,
Ben Flom,
on the occasion
of his confirmation
at St.
Paul’s-in-the-Pines Episcopal Church
Fayetteville,
North Carolina
December 20, 2015
When the waters of life
on that late autumn day
washed over you,
a flame within you
blazed
suddenly and even more brightly
than the Paschal flare
above us.
I saw it!
and rejoiced in it!
as we all did
who stood there
amazed
at this moment
of absolute grace,
reflected
in the waters
beneath you.
And as that water
dried, we all
gazed into your eyes
and saw divinity
staring back. You were—
as we all are—
a child of the unstoppable
unrestrained Love
that came to us
in these same waters,
in this same anointing,
in this same candle flame
that made us—
and you—
in turn
to be
unstoppable
unrestrained Love.
--Jamie Parsley
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