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To move from fast to feast,

From ashes to riding an ass,

From wilderness wandering

God’s willingness wondering

To follow the way of the cross

To find what was utterly lost

All this was Lent to us.

The cup not passed over

By our Passover

The vinegar he willingly drank—

But through gift divine

New covenant wine

Came forth from his side as he sank

All this was given to us

Through breaking of bread

They knew their head

The joy of new life begun

From out of the depths,

From out of his death

His people one loaf had become

All this was food for us.

Lent leads to Easter

The faster turns feaster

A foretaste for those in the dust

A bread with new leaven

The manna from heaven

All this has risen for us.

God’s ways are not our ways,

Our eyes cannot see,

The logic of love,

Nailed to a tree.

Come now to the dinner

Come saint and come sinner,

The meal is now served to us.