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Easter to Pentecost     Easter 3     Luke 24:36b-48, particularly verses 36b-40

Scars on Hands and Feet (YB No 118

The scars he had on hands and feet,

Were scars of love and not defeat;

They voice the struggle and the woe,

The clash, when evil is the foe.

 

They silently recite the crime

Of violent force 'gainst love sublime;

They shout aloud of victory;

Yet forged in such a tragedy.

 

These scars appear when force is used

Against dissent of power abused;

The living Christ warns of the price -

He paid the utmost sacrifice.

 

The story told in bread and wine

Recounts these wounds of love divine.

“Take up your cross and follow me.”

He points the way to victory. 


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