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After Pentecost     Pentecost 1     Trinity Sunday     Matthew 28:16-20, particularly verse 20a

Jesus' teaching (YA No 53)

We have a gracious guide

Taught us all how to decide;

How to respond to our trials and fears;

Jesus, that special name,

For him who we proclaim,

Will take us all to new frontiers.

Jesus could be abrupt;

Warned that power can corrupt,

Can lead to brutal authority;

“If you would be the first,

Choose what would put you last

And humbly serve with dignity.”

Jesus, a teacher bold,

Cautioned us that love of gold

Can lead us into a life of greed.

We can be satisfied,

And joy be multiplied

If ‘Living simply’ is our creed.

Jesus, a humble man

Taught that status is a sham;

Rank and position impart no worth;

Our value, holding fast,

Unaided by our caste,

Is forged in us before our birth.

Jesus, his message clear;

Taught and lived it without fear;

Constantly claimed there were none outside

Of his great gentleness

And his inclusiveness;

His arms were always open wide.

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