Words: Dave Grishaw-Jones, 2008
Tune: Rowland
Pritchard, 1844 (Hyfrodol 8.7.8.7.D.)
1. Frail and
desperate, broken bodies,
Life so fragile, life so brief.
Chased through decades by our passions,
Unseen illness, piercing grief.
Still, our days are bathed in myst’ry,
Still, our choices praise the Lord.
Moment by moment, love names us, love claims us:
Alleluia! Praise
the Lord!
2. Reaching for the
hand you offer,
Yours the strength my poor flesh needs.
Resting in your prayers and laughter,
Yours the balm when my heart bleeds.
Yes, my days are bathed in mys’try,
Yes, my eyes have seen the Lord.
Moment by moment, love names me, love claims me:
Alleluia! Praise
the Lord!
3. Tender, sweet,
forgiving Jesus!
Life so fragile, life so brief.
Mocked by empires, bound by armies,
Tortured body, human grief.
Still, you whisper prayers of mercy,
Still forgive the howling foe.
Spare us the cruelty and vengeance dividing us:
Name us, claim us, Love’s sweet Son!
4. Holy Spirit! Mother Jesus!
How you heal the splitting soul.
Sing us lullabies, love’s meek melodies,
Take us, hold us, make us whole.
Yes, our days are bathed in mys’try,
Yes, our choices praise the Lord
Moment by moment, love names us, love
claims us:
Alleluia! Praise
the Lord!
For all those who’ve
lost, and suffered, and cared.
Via Dolorosa, the
Way of the Cross, Jerusalem ~ 15 May 2008
