AMIABLE

There was a Man

Who incurred man's hatred

More than any. But to His own,

And to God, entirely lovable.

Amid a world of hatred,

Crucifying God's Man,

A few, attracted by Him,

Gathered around His cross.

So His own gathered together

In His absence: forming for

His presence an atmosphere

Of delighted affection.

Why is He the Beloved?

Because God saw in every act

And thought He was true,

Noble, just and pure.