Jesus' open love would lead him
The unexpected healing by Jesus on a Sabbath of a crippled, and hence alienated, woman inspired these words:
1 Jesus' open love would lead him
into conflict with the law.
People then, and now, believing,
they know wrong, of this they're sure.
2 Such aggressive condemnation:
not the way we should behave,
we have rules and regulations
plotting how our God can save.
3 These are rules that God has given,
rules that we must strive to keep,
yet it seems that Jesus challenged
norms that made the path too steep.
4 Rules he offered changed perceptions,
moved from punishment to grace,
showed a way of loving, living,
we might risk within this place.
5 Love beyond imagination,
love to heed and to enthral,
love not bounded by rejection,
love that reaches out to all.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
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Metre: 8 7 8 7 Trochaic
Tune: ST CATHERINE (Jones)
Tag: healing
A hymn by Marjorie Dobson – A woman in a crowd touches Jesus robe
A hymn by Marjorie Dobson - A woman in a crowd touches Jesus robe- The touch was so light that it passed by unnoticed …
The touch was so light that it passed by unnoticed.
The crowd was so dense, who could possibly tell
that there in the crush was a desperate woman,
a woman entombed by her personal hell.
The touch was so light and yet someone had noticed –
the man at the centre; the man in demand;
the healer whose presence was urgently sought for
a child who was needing the power from his hand.
The touch turned his head as he wondered who’d done it.
The poor guilty woman was bowed by her shame.
But power had gone from him, he knew he was needed.
With fear she admitted that she was to blame.
The touch of his robe had already proved healing.
The sound of his voice was a blessing at last.
‘My daughter, take courage, your suffering is over.
Your pain and disgrace are a part of your past.’
One touch in a crowd had seemed pointless to others
and many felt agony at the delay.
But one outcast woman could be well for ever
and others would know that same touch on that day.
Marjorie Dobson (born 1940) based on Mark 5 vs 24-34 and Luke 8 vs 42-48
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Metre: 12 11 12 11
Tunes: ERISKAY; STREETS OF LAREDO
Published in Hymns of Hope and Healing, Stainer & Bell Ltd
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)
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Metre: 12 11 12 11 Tunes: THE ASH GROVE; SAINT CATHERINE’S COURT
Jesus meets a woman in a crowd – hymn inspired by Mark 5: 21 – 43
Hymn inspired by Mark 5: 21 – 43 Jesus meets a woman in a crowd
1 Within a crowd where we're alone
with nothing left to say;
when fear has traced our every step
and love has gone away;
God, give us courage, help us step
beyond this cage of time
to find again the freedom steps
to dance with heaven's rhyme.
2 God, help us grasp the hem of hope,
the garment of your grace;
to look again with certain eyes
at love within your face.
God, send us out to live again,
to live well and be blessed,
to pirouette with steps of love,
in every way refreshed.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
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Metre: CMD
Tune: KINGSFOLD
Genesis Week 4 – Joseph and his brothers
When we bear a grudge that's lasting - Genesis Week 4
1 When we bear a grudge that's lasting,
eating us from deep within,
it can cripple solid friendships,
losing where love ought to win.
2 When his brothers came to see him
it was hard to read his mind
would a cancer eat his kindness,
would his sight of love be blind?
3 Joseph disabused his brothers,
restitution was his aim;
would that we could be as humble,
putting peace ahead of gain.
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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Metre: 8 7 8 7
Tune: LAUS DEO (Redhead)
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