Insignia of pain and sorrows,
A world that would
Sign fictions, forget facts. Hero’s
Noble signature; ink of Wood;
Christ our Lord! We mustn’t despise,
Rather receive
Our Cross, all the rest, best a guise.
The Passion obtained, this believe,
And hope to obtain; for our God
Made man to share
In the sweet resurrection; the rod
He spared, His mercy be aware;
His Glory! A new life of prayer,
Renewed virtue;
Fragile people, now mortal; our
Bodies suffer death; penance to
Precede, kill, and cleanse; the sinful
Soul to rise here
And now; Heaven here and now; full
Of joy; signed in Blood; without fear.
Gary Edward Gerac