A white cross -
sign
of grief and loss,
sign
of faith and hope.
For on a cross
crude and bloodied
died one
whose love
met human hate.
Arrogant
autonomous
barbaric
sinful
men
grabbed
the Gift of God
and nailed him there.
Crude
and bloodied
cross -
sign
of human
sinfulness,
sign
of divine
redemptive love
calling
appealing
offering
reconciling
forgiving grace.
By our cross
we mark
our human loss,
yet look
beyond
in faith
and hope.