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Lent Lent 2 Mark 8:31-38 or Mark 9:2-9, particularly verses Mark 8:31a, 34-35
Lent Lent 2 Mark 8:31-38 or Mark 9:2-9, particularly verses Mark 8:31a, 34-35
Cross bearing (YB No 103)
Cross bearing (YB No 103)
We need to hear with open ears
We need to hear with open ears
The challenge of the Christ today;
The challenge of the Christ today;
“Take up your cross and follow me.”;
“Take up your cross and follow me.”;
In word and deed he points the way.
In word and deed he points the way.
He knew he had to suffer much;
He knew he had to suffer much;
He was rejected by ‘the strong’;
He was rejected by ‘the strong’;
Priests, elders, teachers of the law
Priests, elders, teachers of the law
Saw him a threat; he was so wrong!
Saw him a threat; he was so wrong!
The conflict grew, intense and grim;
The conflict grew, intense and grim;
They planned to silence him in death;
They planned to silence him in death;
But Jesus would not bow to fear;
But Jesus would not bow to fear;
He uttered love with his last breath.
He uttered love with his last breath.
May we have strength and firm resolve
May we have strength and firm resolve
To live with bold integrity,
To live with bold integrity,
To lose our life in gracious love
To lose our life in gracious love
Like long ago in Galilee.
Like long ago in Galilee.
Tune Hesperus (Elim) Not in AHB or TiS. Methodist Hymnbook 325, 791 Presbyterian Hymnary 501(i)
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