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Easter to Pentecost     Good Friday     John 18:1 - 19:42      Matthew 27 : 20 - 23, 26 used.

The Tragedy and the Triumph (YA No 38)

When we visit Calvary

There we see such tragedy;

Hear the shouts to ‘Crucify’;

Feel the hate intensify;

There stands Jesus silently;

Left alone so dreadfully.

When we visit Calvary

There we see brutality;

Public torture, curse and shame;

Insurrection was the claim.

Victim of grim treachery;

Jesus suffered frightfully.

When we visit Calvary

There we see gross agony; 

Yet he asked, with shattered limb,  

Pardon for those killing him.

Love born from a travesty!

Grace from inhumanity!

Sometimes right and wrong collide;

Then we’re shown ‘the crucified’;

Love can always come to life

In hostility and strife;

When we visit Calvary

Love explodes from cruelty. 

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