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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There are no limits to God’s love
1 There are no limits to God’s love,
aside from those we put in place
because of fear, or hate or greed,
then justified by race or creed.
2 The walls that we would seek to build,
around our nations or our thoughts ,
the borders we patrol and police,
are breached by God’s own grace and peace.
3 The ones we would exclude or hurt
are fellow children on this earth,
are sisters, brothers, all of worth,
and sharing human life and birth.
4 Beyond our earthly thoughts and ways,
transcending barriers we erect,
there is not one beyond God’s grace,
all should be welcome in this place.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
© 2013 Stainer and Bell Ltd.
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When nations are healed – a hymn for today
1 When nations are healed and all warfare is banished,
the hungry are fed and the poor lifted high,
the vision of glory, God’s presence among us,
will signify love and all hatred will die.
2 The river of life will flow on unpolluted,
the language we share will express common wealth,
all greed and all grasping will vanish forever,
instead of for warfare, we’ll budget for health.
3 The light of God’s love will then shine on forever,
the same light will shine out from each neighbour’s eyes,
this vision need not be set far in the future,
through love, in God’s spirit, we can grasp this prize.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
© 2013 Stainer and 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: 12 11 12 11 Tunes: THE ASH GROVE; SAINT CATHERINE’S COURT
Jerusalem awaits me – based on – Luke 13.31-35
Jerusalem awaits me
1 'Jerusalem awaits me',
said Jesus to the crowd,
yet they would jeer and taunt him
and curse his name out loud.
'Today I cast out demons,
tomorrow I will heal
The third day I will finish
the things I came to seal’.
2 In childhood he was harassed
and Herod sought his blood;
and now that fox still needed
to fell him where he stood;
but Jesus was as cunning
as those who wished to kill
and later in the garden,
would seek to do God's will.
3 Here comes the man of blessing,
the Christ that they would kill,
and those who seek to worship,
must also seek his will.
God give us strength to follow,
and give us grace to serve,
to follow Jesus' footsteps,
to never lose our nerve.
Andrew Pratt (born 1948) based on Lent 2 - Luke 13.31-35
Words © 2015 © 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: 7 6 7 6 D
Tune: THORNBURY
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