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Easter to Pentecost     Resurrection of the Lord     John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12

Resurrection  - Life from Death (YC No 185)

In nature we know

The darkness and light,

The joy and the woe,

The gloom and the bright,

The interdependence of death and of life,

The contrast, yet blending, of pleasure and strife.

When flowers are crushed

Their fragrance abound;

Their colour is hushed,

But perfumes surround.

Surrender in dying, like seeds underground,

New life born from dying.  The process - profound!

Grapes, when they are pressed

Give birth to new wine;

Then poured for a guest

Or ritual sign;

Refreshing or helping recall the Divine,

They give up their life to fulfil their design.

When facing the cross,

Christ suffered the pain;

Absorbing the loss;

They fought Him in vain.

Through darkness and hell He proved love will remain.

The victory is won by the One who was slain.

Love cannot decay.

On Calvary’s hill

Its wonder holds sway;

Its beauty can thrill.

Christ Jesus, whom, hatred keeps trying to kill,

Proves love can’t stay buried!  It lives in us still.

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