A new hymn: Christ is Lord of all creation

A hymn by Kim Fabricius

(Tune: Rhuddlan)

Christ is Lord of all creation,

     rules the universe in peace;

brings to judgement every nation

     which would be the world’s police:

Lamb of God who lies with lions,

     slain, he conquers Babel’s beast.

Weapons used for mass destruction,

     tools deployed in torture cell – 

horror shows of sheer revulsion

     scripted, acted, shot in hell: 

Where is God? Not hid in heaven,

     here, in blood – Immanuel!

In this world of fear and violence, 

     in the teeth of hate and death;

courage, Christian, and defiance

     till your faithful final breath:

in our deeds and proclamation – 

     “God is love” our shibboleth.