Postcards from the circus

This, the year of the return of the clown,
I thought I’d send some postcards from the circus.
We suffer the trapeze to know the release of Joy and Hope
in mid-air!
The circus of suffering with, always
crescendos into Joy
by His Wounds, our costumes are mended. And Hope trumpets
new beginnings, new lights, new juggling acts…
Backstage we did not deny our pain,
so now we can share His Joy with you all.
And we will not fall, but when we do, Our Net is secure.
We caught, while falling well (that is, into His Pain through ours!), bounce back upwards
into the enormous canopy, the big top of the Palms of Our Father–
The Master of ceremonies,
catches us again.
And this is our whole act.
Hope you enjoy the show friends!
Step right up!