Our borders, our walls – a hymn reflection on refugees, migrants drowning

Our borders, our walls mock the faith that we own, 
denying the Christ that we claim to enthrone, 
for Christ is our neigbour to love or reject, 
for us to disdain, or to treat with respect.


The justice of God is as real as our flesh, 
as real as each life that we drown or refresh; 
as active as righteousness seen in the cross,
where love met with hatred while bearing the loss.


And now, in this moment, we need to decide, 
our crisis of conscience to love or deride: 
to claim that some small print lets us off the hook, 
or answer, with courage, Christ's challenging look?


Andrew Pratt 14/7/2019
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Tune: ST DEINIO