Easter morning hymn - Such shock had greeted women
1 Such shock had greeted women
arriving at the tomb;
the place was stark and empty.
Was this a stone-cold womb?
A second life had beckoned
the body, come and gone.
Yet Mary stood there weeping,
warmed by the rising sun.
2 Long shadows greeted mourning,
the light could trick and turn;
a gardener was waiting,
she struggled to discern;
reality was breaking,
denying common sense,
for Jesus offered greeting,
there, in the present tense.
3 And others met this Jesus,
each heard a different call,
two thousand years thereafter
God seeks to meet us all.
The spirit is God’s presence,
that spirit meets our need
as love is planted in us,
a quietly growing seed.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
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Metre: 7 6 7 6 D
Tune: PASSION CHORALE
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