Trinity 7: Mary Magdalene - longing for God

From  the beautiful Oh God, Hear My Cry in Janet Morley's anthology All Desires Known.

...Like the sudden rain upon the grass

and like the sunlight

my God is come to me;

as the footfall of a child who was lost,

as the rhythm of an unremembered song.

Your coming is like freedom to the prisoner,

like the return of those long captive.

You are the movements of the dance I had forgotten,

you are the face of satisfied desire.

My soul is stirred for you, my beloved.

I cannot contain my heart;

for you have seen my longing,

and your eyes are dark with love.

Your love is stronger than death,

your passion more relentless than the grave.

You will but speak the word,

amd I shall be healed;

though your touch is the touch of a stranger,

yet is your voice my home.

                 Song of Solomon 3:1-4, John 20: 1-2, 11-18