A majestic hymn that moves from through incarnation, cross and resurrection to Pentecost and beyond.
Tune: ELLACOMBE
Extract:
The void that rippled with your breath
was ordered to your will;
then life evolved, as love informed
your purpose and your skill.
That love, the ground of all that was,
of all that is to be,
inspired the prophets, fired each word,
and still is wild and free.
The fire of love was never quenched,
yet all your power distilled
until a human frame contained
all that you loved and willed.
You came in humble gentleness,
to live beneath this sky,
and though your flesh was scourged and torn
your love would never die.
Continues...
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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