Gerard Manley Hopkins – Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings

“Stop all the clocks…”

The image above is from the 1994 movie, Four Weddings and a Funeral. The actor John Hannah plays Matthew, whose love and partner in the movie was Gareth. He used the words of W.H. Auden’s poem “Funeral Blues” at Gareth’s funeral. The poem expresses the devastation of grief. Carried throughout its lines is pessimism andContinue reading ““Stop all the clocks…””

Easter

Easter By Gerard Manley Hopkins Break the box and shed the nard;°Stop not now to count the cost;Hither bring pearl, opal, sard;Reck not what the poor have lost;Upon Christ throw all away:Know ye, this is Easter Day. Build His church and deck His shrine,Empty though it be on earth;Ye have kept your choicest wine—Let itContinue reading “Easter”