MARY OF MAGDALA

 *MARY OF MAGDALA

Excruciated by light,
Their stronghold untenable,
They went out.

Lust, overwhelmed, expelled:
See now that love’s power
Drove her to walk in love.

Gluttony excluded by fulfilment
See the awaked desire
To become a giver.

Envy, that poison, purged
By grace, she displays
Fresh graciousness.

Wrath, arising within,
Quelled by the gentleness
And meekness of the Christ.

Sloth, now unslothful, fled;
So, see her energy
On resurrection morning.

Pride – difficultly thrust out –
See her take her place
As servant of all.

Avarice, tuber of evil,
Uprooted; see the substance
Her new heart ministers.                        21/07/2018

Scottish Borders - south of Peebles