Into a world by misery darkened,
Among a people by famine of spirit weakened;
Chafing under the Roman conqueror's boot,
Looking toward the branch from Jesse's root.

A nation by religiosity perverted,
In bondage to the speciousness of laws;
Mind and spirit from the truth diverted,
Slaves of a dogma filled with flaws.

Seared by sun and stung by sand,
Dismal, downtrodden, distraught, and in despair;
Announced by the voice in a wilderness band,
Heralded by the angelic host in air.

A song of joy and a declaration of peace,
A message of hope and promise of love;
>From bonds and burdens a new release,
Valid by voice of thunder and form of dove.

The lame walk, and the blind see,
Inheritance is a blessing for the meek;
Humanity from Evil's chains set free,
His way to find, His will to seek.

To heinous death, a submission brave,
Savoring suffering, mankind to save;
Living, on Easter's morn to rise,
And join with us in tomorrow's skies.

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