The Creed Of Love Poem by Jordan Legaspi

We are good at memorizing things
putting words into our head just like a machine
and push the button to start
then the ten commandments and the laws
and the gospels start to flash
in details with all the commentaries-
Some of us offered their lives, time and wealth
studying volume and volume of literature
categorizing them from A to Z and leave them in the library
then the God of history is labeled under theology
and the mystery of the Holy Ghost as if they understood
in full length recorded with all the complex different version-
Others devote themselves doing research
inspired by ancient thoughts using modern approach
to write and to re-write books concerning religion
then heaven again is there with a new meaning far and the same
and hell scientifically explained- presented a new image of fear
for those who knew nothing but A B C-
Man oh man faith is not a pill that you have to take
It is a dose of God not of law but of love
A prescription of creed not just institution but of one family
whose relationship is with respect and acceptance
then God is not a king or a judge who watches us from afar
and the reality of holiness is the working of the spirit in our humanity
the communion of father and child in love
so we have the reason to live and to promote life
the relationship of mother and child in hope:
seeing goodness in everything even death in our sight
the completeness of God and of the human race
in faith- limited and unique in many ways
but with grace, in God we walk together through eternity.



(Cebu City, Philippines 2005)