O Divine Dramatist!

O Divine Dramatist!

All the world’s your stage and we your supporting players

written in the timeless comedy and tragedy called life.

With entrances and exits that perplex and mystify,

your scripts have endless chances for crucial parts

and there are no small actors in your productions.

From garden settings

Eden, Gethsemane, and New Jerusalem,

to humble abodes and big city temples,

your plot twists of paradise and peace,

suffering and surrender,

vulnerability and protection abound.

Sometimes in comedy, sometimes in tragedy,

sometimes with protagonists, other times with antagonists,

we find you in every act and every scene:

weeping at our tombs like at Bethany,

drinking at our weddings like at Cana,

healing our Bartimaeus blindness,

challenging our Thomas-like doubts,

stopping our stony judgments and

calming our turbulent seas.

No conflict ever without climactic resolve,

the show (your Passion Play) must go on.

O Playwright of Perfection, come!

Shine your spotlight on the dark stages of our lives;

prompt us to embrace our true and precious roles.