I know that strictly speaking lent ended yesterday- but here is the final piece from ’40’- Si Smith’s lovely images of Jesus in the wilderness, along with my words. It has been quite a journey. If you enjoyed it, then you can download or order a physical copy of it from Proost.

So, the journey continued- back into a world of men-

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To all the homes and houses

And the broken down old shacks

To the Priests and the soldiers

To the slaves and the fat cats

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To the athlete and the cripple

To the beggar and the king

To the broken and the dying

And those who have no song to sing

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To the place where children squabble

And the old folk gossip in the square

And the singing from the synagogue

Calls the town for prayer

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To all this living and this loving

This fecundity of life…

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Now is your time my friends

And mine