In every face that stares out from the manger

In every face that stares out from the manger,
each person bears the image of our God,
in Christ is human flesh affirmed and honoured,
for God has walked where human feet have trod.

In every face of youth, of age, each baby,
uplifted by the earth life of the Christ:
the stable bed, the cross of common torture,
marked off his life, these markers once sufficed.

Verses 3-4 follows

Tune: INTERCESSOR, O PERFFECT LOVE

 

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)

Words © 28/11/2011 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. 

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