The Cry of Christ

Reader 1: The cry of Christ is the cry of Creation.

Reader 2:  And when Creation cries out in pain, rage and sorrow, whose voice is it?
                The One born of Mary, proclaiming the reversing of things, and the tumbling of
                empires.

Reader 1: The One who ran the money changers out of the Temple, enraged at their exploitation
                of the vulnerable and voiceless. (Let those who have ears, hear!)

Reader 2: When Creation cries out in pain, rage and sorrow, whose voice is it?

                 Christ of the cross, whose death at the hands of greed, apathy, fear, and business-as-
                usual, invalidated those same powers.

Reader 1:  It is the voice of the Risen One:

                 The Risen Christ, bearing memories, scars, wounds, and wonder. 

                 The Christ of cup and bread, of calling out into community and power.

                 The One who calls Creation to rise again.

Readers 1&2: And now we are the pierced hands that see to that work.