Sacrament
In
the awesome name of God,
in
the victorious name of Jesus
in
the mysterious name of the Spirit
By
words we acknowledge our God
By
prayer we summon our God
And
we wait, we are still
And
we wait, we are silent
And
we wait, wait for the sounds of God
And
the sounds of the sacrament
The
breaking of bread and the gushing of wine
The
pain of sorrow, and the pulse of hope
And
the echo of our name
And
the bread in our teeth, a cup on our lips
Others
breathing beside us
A
voice in our face “The body of your Lord”
A
power in our ears “The blood of your Lord”
And
we wait for the sounds of God
The
sounds of the sacrament
The
breaking of bread and the gushing of wine
We
hear strange sounds in the distance
The
misery of other human lives
The
scramble for rice, and the searching through garbage
The
shuffle of withered limbs, the breaking of brittle bones
The
shiver of a pregnant mother, the scream of a motherless child
The
trickle of goat’s milk, the sigh of the dispossessed
The
mumble of fear, the murmur of distrust
The
grumble of empty stomachs, the splash of spent blood
The
sounds of a scramble for life
Amid
the breaking of bread, and the gushing of wine
We
hear the snarl of a bullet, the snap of a trigger
The
thump of lead tearing into flesh, the grinding bite of steel into bone
The
sudden crump of unseen mines
The
constant moan of riddled skies
The
hiss and crackle of angry flames
And
the staccato cough of smoking ruins
The
whisper of desolation
The sounds of civil war
The sounds of civil war
Despite
the breaking of bread, and the gushing of wine
We
hear the bleating of a lamb, and the splitting of a womb
The
death of a lamb, and the breaking of a tomb
The
beginning of an end, and a word that carries healing
The
taste of a mystery, and a God who has feeling
In
the breaking of bread, and the gushing of wine
Yet
we still listen for the bursting of joy
And
watch for the bubbling smile of release
The
happy laughter of children’s voices
The
dancing among willows, and the surprise of freedom
The
shout of the mountains, and the scream of a new birth
The
leap of our spirit, and the whirl of celebration
We
still listen to God
The
sounds of the celebration of God
And
the breaking of bread, and the gushing of wine
Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2015
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