Holy Innocents – 28th December
1 Herod waiting, Herod watching,
Herod grasping, holding power,
Herod fearful for the future,
Herod counting every hour.
2 Now the thing that he was fearing:
love and justice, peace and health
here embodied in a person,
God incarnate, heaven's wealth.
3 This was more than he could stomach,
human wine skins tear and rend.
Herod's dream had been confounded,
human power had met its end.
4 Many children now were crying,
temper triumphed, babies dead
Mary, Joseph made an exit,
every step was filled with dread.
5 Into exile they were driven,
fear would ripple through each life:
Jesus challenged vested interests.
Gracious love fuelled hate and strife.
6 And the children still are crying,
forced to war and harmed by hate.
Still our world is deaf to hear them,
still our loving comes too late.
Andrew Pratt Words © 2010 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd
Metre: 8 7 8 7 Tune: ALL FOR JESUS
hymnsandbooks 