Suffering Saviour

You shepherd me oh Lord

When my direction is bleak

Unceasing care covers my heart

Fills my being with refreshing waters

I ask, is this my destiny?

Shepherd turns into lamb

A lamb in the slaughterhouse

Innocent before the slaughterer

Towards a journey so painful

I ask again, is this your way?

An ultimate judge you’re oh Lord

Stand trial amidst devouring supremacies

None to defend innocent lamb

Condemned to a journey to Calvary

I ask yet again, is that what you wanted?

Oh my Lord, you on a painful journey

Bruised and derided beyond dignity

Whipped and stripped like a criminal

Mutilation tears your heart to pieces

I ask once again, how can I be help to you?

Oh Lord, my heart dripping with sorrow

See Christ’s body broken and torn

Hopelessness is the food for homeless

Destitution rips Jesus heart into million pieces

I ask again, how can I doctor your woods?

Oh Lord, you’re abandoned by everyone

You grieve through heart of aging

Christ an abandoned by His own

Elderly left in the rut of sadness

I ask yet again, why have I abandoned Christ?

Oh Lord, you’re so beautiful to me

Your bruising and torn body intact

You’re close to the broken hearted

Come back to darn your body yet again

I ask again, when will you come?

Jerri Melwin Dias SJ
A poem inspired by the stations of the Cross