This just kind of wrote itself in my head (as they do). It’s not perfect but I wanted to (begin to) address the tension between the remembered excitement of the Easter sequence when I was a child and my current unease at some of the imagery and unhealthy power-relations in the version I grew up with. Younger Stef, little Stef would be unhappy that my version has fewer verses but most people these days would not use so many in any case. With thanks to the one I grew up with which you can take a look at here.
All people so diverse now bring
all that you are; together sing
alleluia alleluia
Jesus the lamb, the sacrifice
lives now forever, now death dies
alleluia, alleluia
The Human One who walked our ways
who broke our bread, now he is raised
alleluia, alleluia
Say happy Madgalene oh say
What did you see there by the way?
alleluia alleluia
I saw the tomb of my dear Friend,
to preach the gospel I am sent
alleluia, alleluia
I saw he glory, heard the Word
Love lives anew to heal the world
alleluia, alleluia
We now with hope-filled heart and voice
know you as risen and rejoice
alleluia, alleluia
to love you in the poor we seek
our hearts burn in us when you speak
alleluia, alleluia
