February 25, 2009

Ash Wednesday Song

Dust to Dust,
Ashes blown from flame,
Hope sown and suffocating,
God’s face obscured,
Love’s touch too faint
Life’s lusts a chasm
Life’s hopes a phantom
Trapped within a dream

Our battle Cry,
Our spirit’s sigh,
Exhaled
Extinquished,
Not to be exhumed.

Who can wake the dreamer?
Who can span the gap?
Left by hearts unfrozen
Buried in souls unborn?
All drifting in an ocean
Too vast and void to cross?

The Lamb of God he takes away,
He takes away our sins,
Our King will make us holy,
Our Joy will make us whole.
The Son of God, he weeps for us,
But shouts, “Remove the stone!”

This Lent, we pray O Lord:
Teach us to remember
How to be reborn.


By Kate Ernsting