JUDAS
JUDAS
BY
FRANK A VOLLMER
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THERE IS A
CHILDHOOD POEM ABOUT CHRISTMAS
THAT SAYS
THERE WAS A
KNIGHT OF BETHLEHEM
WHOSE WEALTH
WAS TEARS AND SORROWS
HIS MEN AT
ARMS WERE LITTLE LAMBS,
HIS
TRUMPETERS WERE SPARROWS
JESUS HAS
SUMMONED HIS DISCIPLES
TO GATHER
WITH HIM
FOR THE
PASSOVER
FOR A MEAL
A MEAL
THAT WE HAVE
COME TO CALL
THE LAST
SUPPER
JESUS HAS
WASHED THEIR FEET
JUDAS HAS
LEFT TO BETRAY HIM
PETER
HAS DECLARED
HIS LOYALTY
EVEN ONTO
DEATH
JESUS
HAS TOLD HIM
THAT BEFORE
THE ROOSTER CROWS
TO BEGIN THE
DAY
HE WILL HAVE
DENIED HIM THREE TIMES
THERE WAS A
KNIGHT OF BETHLEHEM
WHOSE WEALTH
WAS TEARS AND SORROWS
HIS MEN AT
ARMS WERE LITTLE LAMBS,
HIS
TRUMPETERS WERE SPARROWS
NOW BEGINS
THE LAST DISCOURSE
THE LAST
SERMON
THE LAST
CHANCE
BEFORE HIS
DEATH
FOR JESUS
TO CONVINCE
HIS FOLLOWERS
WHO HE WAS
WHAT HIS MESSAGE WAS
WHAT HIS MESSAGE WAS
LOOKING BACK
THROUGH HISTORY
WE MARVEL
HOW DUMB
THEY WERE
HOW DENSE
THEY WERE
LOOKING
FORWARD TO NOW
WE WONDER
HOW DUMB WE
ARE
HOW DENSE WE
ARE
ENTER NOW IN
OUR PLAY
ABOUT THE
LAST SUPPER
ENTER NOW
THOMAS AND
PHILIP
THE
QUESTIONERS
THE DIALOGUE
GOES LIKE THIS
THOMAS SAID
TO HIM
LORD,
WE DON'T
KNOW
WHERE YOU
ARE GOING,
SO HOW CAN
WE KNOW THE WAY?"
JESUS
ANSWERED
I AM THE WAY
THE TRUTH
AND THE LIFE
NO ONE COMES
TO THE FATHER
EXCEPT
THROUGH ME
IF YOU
REALLY KNEW ME,
YOU WOULD
KNOW MY FATHER AS WELL.
FROM NOW ON,
YOU DO KNOW
HIM
AND HAVE
SEEN HIM."
PHILIP SAID
LORD
SHOW US THE
FATHER
AND THAT
WILL BE ENOUGH FOR US
JESUS
ANSWERED:
PHILIP
DON'T YOU
KNOW ME
EVEN AFTER
I HAVE BEEN
WITH YOU
SUCH A LONG
TIME
PHILIP
ANYONE WHO
HAS SEEN ME
HAS SEEN THE
FATHER
NOW JOHN
USES THOMAS
AND PHILIP
TO BE A
VOICE
TO SHOW
WHAT THE
THOUGHTS OF THE PEOPLE WERE
WHEN JESUS
WAS TEACHING
TO BE A
VOICE FOR ALL THOSE
WHO FOUND
HIS TEACHING HARD
THEN
TO BE A
VOICE FOR ALL THOSE
WHO FIND HIS
TEACHING HARD
NOW
THERE WAS A
KNIGHT OF BETHLEHEM
WHOSE WEALTH
WAS TEARS AND SORROWS
HIS MEN AT
ARMS WERE LITTLE LAMBS,
HIS
TRUMPETERS WERE SPARROWS
WHAT WAS
THAT HARD MESSAGE
IT WAS
THAT WHEN
YOU LOOKED AT JESUS
YOU WERE
LOOKING AT GOD
IN THE TIME
OF JESUS
TO LOOK AT
GOD
WAS INVITING
DESTRUCTION
REMEMBER
WHAT GOD
TOLD MOSES
ON THE MOUNTAIN
YOU SHALL
SEE MY BACK
BUT MY FACE
YOU SHALL NOT SEE
WHAT JESUS
WAS SAYING
WAS THAT GOD
WAS NOT TO
BE FOUND
ON SOME
MYSTIC MOUNTAIN
OR TRAPPED
IN A TEMPLE
TO BE
APPEASED BY SACRIFICE
WHAT JESUS
WAS SAYING
WAS THAT GOD
HAD BECOME
DOMESTICATED
HE WAS
LIVING AN ORDINARY LIFE
AMONG MEN
IT IS JESUS
WORKING
WHO GIVES
WORK DIGNITY
IT IS JESUS
WEEPING
OVER LAZARUS
THAT GIVES
GRIEF
JOY
FRIENDS
AND FAMILY
MEANING
IT IS JESUS
DIPPING BREAD IN OIL
FEEDING
JUDAS
THAT SHOWS A
GOD
THAT KNOWS
PAIN AND SORROW
WHAT
BETRAYAL FEELS LIKE
IT IS JESUS
LABORING
TIME AND AGAIN
TO EDUCATE
HIS FOLLOWERS
WITH LITTLE
SUCCESS
THAT GIVES
MOTHERS OF FAMILIES MEANING
IT MEANS
TAKING CARE OF THE WORLD
BECAUSE GOD
LIVES HERE
IT MEANS
TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER
BECAUSE WE
ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE GOD
MADE US IMPORTANT
WHEN HE
BECAME
ONE OF US
THERE WAS A
KNIGHT OF BETHLEHEM
WHOSE WEALTH
WAS TEARS AND SORROWS
HIS MEN AT
ARMS WERE LITTLE LAMBS,
HIS
TRUMPETERS WERE SPARROWS
HE COMES
WITH A MESSAGE
HE GIVES TO
EACH OF US TO TEACH
THE MESSAGE
THAT GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES
HE WALKS
AMONG US
THERE ARE NO
CASTAWAY PEOPLE
THIS IS WHAT
PETER MEANS
WHEN HE
WRITES
BUT YOU ARE
A CHOSEN PEOPLE,
A ROYAL
PRIESTHOOD,
A HOLY
NATION,
A PEOPLE
BELONGING TO GOD
,
THAT YOU MAY
DECLARE
THE PRAISES
OF HIM
WHO CALLED
YOU OUT OF DARKNESS
INTO HIS
WONDERFUL LIGHT
ONCE
YOU WERE NOT
A PEOPLE,
BUT NOW
YOU ARE THE
PEOPLE OF GOD;
ONCE
YOU HAD NOT
RECEIVED MERCY,
BUT NOW YOU
HAVE RECEIVED MERCY.
THAT
MERCY
THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED
WE ARE ASKED
TO PASS ON.
WE ARE ASKED
TO DO THIS
BECAUSE
JESUS
LOVED THIS
WORLD
SO MUCH HE
CAME TO LIVE HERE
TO DIE
FOR IT
SO JESUS IS
ASKING US
IS
ALWAYS ASKING US
LITTLE LAMBS
WILL YOU
HELP ME
LITTLE
SPARROWS
WILL YOU
HELP ME
WILL YOU
HELP ME
BUILD A
BETTER WORLD
I SHALL
BE THE CORNER STONE
THE STONE
THAT THE BUILDERS REJECTED
AMEN
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.
THE KISS
I THINK IT
WAS THE KISS THAT BROKE HIS HEART
NO MATTER
WHAT ELSE WAS DONE TO HIM
THAT NIGHT
AND NEXT DAY
NOTHING
COULD MATCH THE FRIENDSHIP SIGN
AND GREETING
HAIL RABBI
PERHAPS
THAT'S WHY HE STOOD SO SILENT
IN FRONT OF
PILATE
EMPTY
TOO HURT FOR
WORDS
OR TO EVEN
CARE
THREE YEARS
HE'D KNOWN THE MAN
HAD ATE WITH
HIM LAUGHED WITH HIM
SHARED
CONFIDENCES AND MEMORIES
HAD THOUGHT
HE HAD A FRIEND
PETER JAMES
JOHN THE REST WOULD RUN AWAY
THEY WERE
AFRAID
HE COULD
UNDERSTAND FEAR
HE WAS
AFRAID HIMSELF NOW
HIS BODY WAS
WET WITH NERVOUS SWEAT
HID MIND
STILL ECHOED HIS WORDS
OH GOD LET
IT PASS LET IT PASS
IF JUDAS
HADN'T KISSED HIM FOR A PRICE
HE MIGHT
HAVE DONE IT BETTER
BUT THE KISS
TOOK THE HEART FROM HIM
SO THAT HE
STOOD EMPTY SILENT HEART GONE OUT
LIKE A LAMB
BEING LED TO SLAUGHTER
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FROM THE
MOMENT OF LEAPING
TO THE END
OF THE ROPE
HE CRIED
JESUS
FORGIVE ME FOR MY SUGH
LATER WHEN
JESUS VISITED
THE DEAD
ALL THOSE
WHO HAD WAITED
FOR A
MESSIAH
HE MET HIS
FATHER
KINGS AND
PROPHETS
ORDINARY
PEOPLE
WHO DIED
LONGING
HE HAD COME
TO
PROCLAIM THE
GOOD NEWS
HE HAD COME
TO TAKE THEM HOME
AT THE BACK
OF THE CROWD
HEAD DOWN
OUT OF SHAME
ROPE MARKS
ON HIS NECK
HE SAID
I HAVE
GRIEVOUSLY SINNED
BUT JESUS
SAID
I HAVE DIED
LET’S GO
HOME
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THE SOLDIERS
WOULD JUST
AS SOON
HAD LET HIM
ROT
SWINGING
FROM THE TREE
BUT THE
STRANGER CAME
IN A
VOICE BROKEN WITH SORROW
HAD BEGGED
BURY HIM
WELL
PLEASE
BURY HIM
WELL
FOR JUDAS
WAS MY FRIEND
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IT WASN’T
THAT HE LACKED FOR FRIENDS
HE HAD THE
SUMMER LEAF KIND
THAT
DISAPPEARED IN WINTER
WHEN THE
MONEY WAS GONE
BUT TRUE
FRIENDS
NO
HE’D DONE IT
TO HIMSELF
BY WORKING
FOR THE OCCUPATION FORCES
THOUGHT OF A
TRAITOR BY JEWS
AS A LACKEY
BY ROMANS
HE’D GROWN
RICH
AS A TAX
COLLECTOR
PRIMARILY
FROM THE ROAD TOLLS
JERICHO WAS
A HUB OF TRADE
HE LIVED
WELL
BUT EMPTY
HE HAD MUCH
BUT NOTHING
HE WAS A DRY
SPONGE
WAITING FOR
WATER
N0W JESUS
WAS COMING
TO THE CROWD
SURROUNDING HIM
ZACCHAEUS
WAS A
NONENTITY
AND BEING
SHORT
NO MATTER
HOW HIGH HE JUMPED
HE COULDN’T
SEE
BUT JESUS
WAS COMING
SO HE
CLIMBED A SYCAMORE TREE
TO SEE
NOW A
SYCAMORE TREE
IN THE
ORIENT
IS A FIG
MULBERRY
JESUS
CHECKING THE TREE FOR FRUIT
SAW
ZACCHAEUS
COME DOWN I
WILL DINE WITH YOU
AT THE MEAL
HE SAID
IF I HAVE
DEFRAUDED ANYONE
I WILL MAKE
RESTITUTION
FOUR TIMES
THE AMOUNT
WHICH WAS
MORE THAN JEWISH LAW REQUIRED
THE MOB SAID
HE EATS WITH
SINNERS
BUT HE SAID
REJOICE
THAT A SON
OF ABRAHAM
WHO WAS LOST
HAS BEEN
SAVED
SOME SAY
ZACCHAEUS
WAS SURNAMED
MATTHIAS
BY THE
APOSTLES
HE REPLACED
JUDAS
ISCARIOT
IT MAY BE
TRUE
BUT THIS IS
TRUE
NO MATTER
HOW SMALL
IGNOBLE
INSIGNIFICANT
YOU THINK
YOU ARE
GOD WILL
FIND YOU
WHEN
HE FINDS YOU
HE WOULD
LOVE
TO COME TO
YOUR TABLE
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