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Christopher Villiers is a British theologian and fast becoming one of my favorite poets with his series of “holy sonnets” published in two books.

Here is one of his poems in a series for Lent, Holy Week and Easter.

Judas

I did not want to do it, no pleasure,
In killing that madman’s vain talk of peace,
I did not do it for passing pleasure,
I just wanted to make Rome’s tyranny cease.
We need power. I came to him in hope,
That he could give old Israel new birth,
I wanted easy answers, could not cope,
With his promised Kingdom’s unearthly worth.
He would not lead a Kingdom like this world,
Nor know that we must live by might alone,
I went to sell him, buy a better world,
For a slave’s price – let foolish Peter groan.
But now a greater anguish burns unhealed,
And I yearn to die in this potter’s field.

Christopher Villiers
https://rhymestersrevels.wordpress.com/2018/03/28/judas/

See Christopher’s two books of poetry at
http://www.hopeandlifepress.com/christophervilliers.html
which are also available at Amazon UK and USA.

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