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标题：No newness yet - Poetry
作者：Walter Brueggemann
期刊名称：Catholic New Times
印刷版ISSN：0701-0788
出版年度：2002
卷号：Dec 15, 2002
出版社：New Catholic Times Inc.

No newness yet - Poetry

Walter Brueggemann

No newness yet

   You are the God who makes all things new.
   We gladly raise our voices and move our lips
   to acknowledge, celebrate and proclaim your staggering
   newness.

   As we do so, we hold in our hearts
   deep awareness of all the places where your newness
   is not visible, and
   has not come.

   Our hearts link to many places of wretchedness short of your
   newness.

   We picture our folks at home,
   sick, in pain, disabled, paralyzed
   (we name Frank).
   And no newness yet.

   Move our hearts closer to the passion of our lips.
   Mover our lips closer to your own newness.
   Work your newness in hidden, cunning ways among us.
   Move us closer to your bodied newness in Jesus,
   newness of strength come in weakness,
   newness of wisdom come in foolishness.
   Draw us from the wretchedness we know to his
   scarred, bloody wretchedness that is your
   odd entry of newness into our life.
   We pray in the name of his suffering newness. Amen.

(Prayer from Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth. Augsburg Fortress, 2003.
Used by permission, www.fortressbooks.com)