Why Gather?

Why gather
	for this Festival of
	Pasch?
Why come into
	this time of Passing, 
	over?
What is the meaning 
	of our feet
	that walk together to
	an ancient hill,
	still new?
Who are these gathered people,
	of this time
	coming in our turn
	to 
	Calvary?
Why are we standing by this
	empty tomb
	of ours,
	and saying for the first time yet again,
	that 'He is risen!' ?
Have we seen the Lord, or are we those
	who wait behind our fearful doors
	closed to the joy of freedom that he brings 
	who stands and knocks and
	waits
	for (with) anxious hearts ?
The Candle that we hold is now
	our light
	this night,-
for we've been ransomed
	from our 
	fripparies:
	the once-unbended hearts
	now kneel before
	our God:

for He has died
	that we might live
	and light
	our busied world
	with Ransomed Joy
	for full-forgotten Sin.

Why Gather?