Jesus, you came among us, as one of us.
You were a baby, a toddler, a young lad, a young adult.
You learned a trade, you cared for your widowed mother.
You were a man among men.
And then, you heard the word and turned your life around.
You came among us all,
to teach us, to heal us, to set us free,
to show us the way to live, the truth of God and the life of love.
When those who hated your innocence, your authority,
your power, your gentleness, your sheer goodness,
conspired against you, to have you killed,
you suffered the pain, the insult, the inhuman cruelty,
and walked through it all with unshakeable dignity.
They could not break your spirit, your love, your forgiveness.
You came through darkness and death
to everlasting life and light.
Glory and thanks and praise be to you forever.
