Our shame, His cross
For this reason He was born To reconcile men to His Father Abandoned His glory above Down to earth He came To bear the cross of men To define His Father’s love A love so strong to sacrifice Him He opened wide His gates To receive all who came to Him Embraced even prostitutes and tax collectors Sat at table to eat with them To prove He came for their sake Giving them a sense of His Father’s love He brought comfort to the wearied He healed the sick and the lame He brought the dead back to life He set the oppressed free To the hopeless He gave hope Yet they did not accept Him To them He was only the carpenter’s son His teachings pricked their consciences But they hardened their hearts His miracles baffled them But they could not be bordered Instead some linked Him to Beelzebub And others still requested from Him a sign One by one they went to Him To test and to trap Him with their questions One by one he sent them away Setting them straight with His a...