Poem based on John 15:26-27, 16:4-11

What shall we do without you

here

to guide us?

To set us straight and hold our hand

to show us the way we are to go?

We will be lost

we will perish

                without you Christ

all that you have taught us

all that you have lead us to

all that we have come to know

                feel

                love

lost

and Jesus turned to them

my children

I will love you as you have been loved

from the beginning of time

when the breath of spirit brought life

I will be with you as from the beginning of time

when the spirit of life was breathed

into your mother and father

I will be with you as from the beginning of time

and you will know

                feel       

                love

the presence of the living God

listen and follow

as from the beginning of time