Introduction to the Gospel for Lent

I, If I Be Lifted Up

Jesus Christ displays what God has done: -

lifted up for us upon the cruel cross:

lifted up from death, erasing every loss:

lifted up to God’s right hand, triumphant Son.

In one event, three mighty truths occur:

our suffering shared, in death he is disgraced:

surpassing love, replenishes the waste:

and, God’s right hand, makes our salvation sure.

With him we died, we rose again, ascended

and, hid with Christ in God, our life’s unended.