This is an Easter Hymn by Andrew Pratt.

Was it the shaking ground that moved

the stone, that freed the resting Word,

that called the Christ to life again:

God's Spirit, breathing, moved and stirred?

Whatever cause, we may not know,

but Mary heard a calming voice,

that turned her life around again,

that gave her reason to rejoice.

The world still spinning, recollects

that God survived all human scorn;

that lives were changed for ever more

in meeting love alive, re-born.

This is the Voice that turns us round,

that calmly offers grace to cope;

that gives us strength to live again,

that gives us cause to sing our hope.

© Andrew Pratt 01/04/2011

Tune: FULDA

This hymn is available for free local use with acknowledgment.