'Another Crowd' : A Reflection for Passiontide
We’ve been here before. Do you remember? It was another crowd, in another place. He fed us. He fed us all. He did it, they say, with just a few loaves and a couple of fish. But he fed us too with God’s Truth and the Mystery of Love, And he did it with just a few words. But what telling words they were with what passion they were uttered and what need we had of them. We’ve been here before. Do you remember? It was another crowd, in another place. We stood at the roadside Cheering and waving palms. He entered the city as both servant and king Glorious not in pomp but in humility. And he rode on a donkey, a simple beast of burden, By no means the grandest of creatures; And yet the Lord had need of it. Might he then have need of us? We’ve been here before. Do you remember? It was another crowd in another place. Faith gave way to disappointment, and it wasn’t only Pilate who washed ...