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After Pentecost Pentecost 25 Luke 20:27-38, particularly verses 27, 37-38
After Pentecost Pentecost 25 Luke 20:27-38, particularly verses 27, 37-38
Life and Death (YC No 225)
Life and Death (YC No 225)
The past was no different; the myst’ries remain;
The past was no different; the myst’ries remain;
We search for the answers; “Please, someone explain.”
We search for the answers; “Please, someone explain.”
Our life and our death are both riddles untold;
Our life and our death are both riddles untold;
With science and knowledge few answers unfold.
With science and knowledge few answers unfold.
Agreement is absent; beliefs can promote
Agreement is absent; beliefs can promote
An awesome hereafter, however remote;
An awesome hereafter, however remote;
But Sadducees said that they do not believe;
But Sadducees said that they do not believe;
Of life after dying - they cannot conceive.
Of life after dying - they cannot conceive.
When Jesus replied from the scriptures he knew,
When Jesus replied from the scriptures he knew,
He took Hebrew teachings but said something new;
He took Hebrew teachings but said something new;
The God in their stories should always be read
The God in their stories should always be read
As God of the living, not God of the dead.
As God of the living, not God of the dead.
We still have our questions; no certainty found;
We still have our questions; no certainty found;
We probe and we ponder but myst’ries abound;
We probe and we ponder but myst’ries abound;
If God is like Jesus, the one who is nigh,
If God is like Jesus, the one who is nigh,
In God we can live and then peacefully die.
In God we can live and then peacefully die.
Tune St. Denio AHB 80 TiS 143
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