Original French written and posted by Jean-Louis in 9/2010
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” Isaiah 52:714
And with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:15
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. 16 Very truly, I tell you, servants[a] are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. John 13:14-17
The Feet of the Messenger of Peace
To My lovely Wife Mírian
To My lovely Wife Mírian
It´s been two months now
Since you appeared at
my door
You came in gently
without fanfare
And simply sat on the
floor
Your grateful sheepish
smile
Welcomed my invitation
To let you sit down
In a corner for a
while
Like a young aphonic
boy
His head among the
stars
Under the veiled power
Of your unveiled charm
I invited you to sit
on the throne
For it is not proper
to offer the guest
A corner of the rug
belonging
To the devoted servant
Then, taking a cushion
To rest your feet
Tired from the long
voyage
I removed the used
sandals
Full of dust covering
Their rare beauty
I took a basin and
tenderly
I washed and dried
them
Then, leaning to pray,
For these beautiful
and fragile feet
Belong to the docile
messenger
Proclaiming the Gospel
of Peace.
Jean-Louis.
Jean-Louis.