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Lent Liturgy of the Passion Mark 14:1 - 15:47 or Mark 15:1-39 (40-47). particularly verses Mark 14:32-42
Lent Liturgy of the Passion Mark 14:1 - 15:47 or Mark 15:1-39 (40-47). particularly verses Mark 14:32-42
Gethsemane (YB No 109)
Gethsemane (YB No 109)
Gethsemane, that dark and lonely place
Gethsemane, that dark and lonely place
where Jesus prayed;
where Jesus prayed;
His anguish etched upon his tortured face,
His anguish etched upon his tortured face,
and thus he prayed;
and thus he prayed;
He sweated blood; he did not want to die;
He sweated blood; he did not want to die;
In silence cried his desperate question, “Why?!”
In silence cried his desperate question, “Why?!”
Right through that night his struggles were intense;
Right through that night his struggles were intense;
Would evil win?
Would evil win?
He knew quite well the stakes were so immense;
He knew quite well the stakes were so immense;
Could evil win?
Could evil win?
This was the end; his heart began to bleed;
This was the end; his heart began to bleed;
Through love alone he sensed he could succeed.
Through love alone he sensed he could succeed.
His need for friends was urgent and profound;
His need for friends was urgent and profound;
They went to sleep.
They went to sleep.
Three times he craved to be upheld, but found
Three times he craved to be upheld, but found
them still asleep.
them still asleep.
He needed them but they were all afraid;
He needed them but they were all afraid;
By yet another friend he was betrayed!
By yet another friend he was betrayed!
When love is needed sometimes we’re asleep
When love is needed sometimes we’re asleep
or turn away.
or turn away.
When justice calls we can be like the sheep
When justice calls we can be like the sheep
and run away.
and run away.
And let the Christ, alone and cold and bare,
And let the Christ, alone and cold and bare,
Be killed again, as if we just don’t care.
Be killed again, as if we just don’t care.
When we have failed and know we have done wrong
When we have failed and know we have done wrong
God is within.
God is within.
Words of forgiveness say we still belong;
Words of forgiveness say we still belong;
God is within.
God is within.
And in the strength that Jesus showed that night
And in the strength that Jesus showed that night
Face life with power, pursuing what is right.
Face life with power, pursuing what is right.
In our sad world I hear his cry again;
In our sad world I hear his cry again;
“Thy will be done.”
“Thy will be done.”
I find new strength in him and that is when
I find new strength in him and that is when
God’s will is done.
God’s will is done.
So when I visit dark Gethsemane
So when I visit dark Gethsemane
I’m strangely blest through this grim tragedy
I’m strangely blest through this grim tragedy
Tune Sandon Not in AHB TiS 582 Also Methodist Hymnbook 612 Presbyterian Hymnary 568
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