Alleluia!
Lord Jesus!
You loved us,
even in our unloveliness.
You showed
us that on Friday.
In your
birth and through your life and in your
death
You have made
yourself known to us.
Our God
isn’t one who stands off and watches from afar.
You are no
fence sitter God.
You are in
amongst it with us.
You have
power over the natural world
You might
have found another way
To bring us
close to God
But you
chose not to.
You chose
death.
And in
choosing it you took all its power away.
The Son of
God
made himself
weak
and laid
down his body
to give us
strength and life and health and hope.
Alleluia,
Son of God in the body of a carpenter,
Who calls us
by name and knows us as brother and sister and friend!
Alleluia, all
powerful Son of God,
King of
Kings, Teacher and Lord!
Lamb of God,
you take
away the sins of the world,
have mercy
on us.
Lamb of God,
We worship
you.
For the Lord
God almighty reigns.
Amen
