Migrant Jesus, at the border
A hymn by Kim
(Tune: Drakes Broughton)
Migrant Jesus, at the border,
refugee of fear and hate,
you’re a threat to law and order,
nightmare of the nation-state.
Child of Israel, fleeing soldiers,
from the Jordan to the Nile,
were your parents passport-holders,
were you welcomed with a smile?
Home from Egypt, Spirit-breathing,
in the towns of Galilee,
how you had the people seething
when you preached the Jubilee.
At the margins, far from centre,
where you met the ostracised,
even friends weren’t keen to enter
conversations that you prized.
Ease our fears, forgive our hatred
of the other and the odd;
help us see the single-sacred:
face of stranger – face of God.
Migrant Jesus, at the border –
Dover Beach or Rio Grande –
Greetings, sister! Welcome, brother!
Make this place your promised land.
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