Christ is the human face of God -
First born of all God made;
This is the truth; all who are flawed
Proclaim it unafraid;
All things in Him, seen and unseen,
Were made; all that has ever been.
Christ is the Head, Christ is the first,
And Christ will come to be;
This truth will always be rehearsed
By those who’ve come to see
That Jesus, lived and died and raised
Is One with Christ; now God be praised.
And male and female, flawed and marred
Yet human and divine,
This was the truth Christ knew, whose hard
Road to the Cross will shine
Wherever humans pay the price
And follow in the steps of Christ.
Now bread is broken, wine is poured,
A broken world remade,
This truth is honoured by the word
Of Christ, just as he said,
“This is my body, this my blood,
Poured out and broken for your good’
For in God’s Kingdom what was formed,
Though marred, flawed and defiled
Will be by Christ the first, reformed,
Re-made and reconciled
And all that wars against the good
Be brought to peace by Christ’s own blood.
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