John F. Deane - Mercy - The Journey with Jesus

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Every Monday the Journey with Jesus posts a new essay based upon the Biblical lectionary, a film review, a book review, and a poem or prayer.

The Journey with Jesus: Poems and Prayers

Selected by Dan Clendenin

John F. Deane (b. 1943)

Mercy

Unholy we sang this morning, and prayed
as if we were not broken, crooked
the Christ-figure hung, splayed
on bloodied beams above us;
devious God, dweller in shadows,
mercy on us;
immortal, cross-shattered Christ—
your gentling grace down upon us.

Taken from Stanley Hauerwas, Cross-Shattered Christ (p. 10). The poem appears in Deane's book Manhandling the Deity.