Jacque Darragh: Music

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EUCHARIST
He was old and tired and much too dirty,
picking up aluminum cans
along the highway.
I smiled. I said, “Hi,”
and gave him Eucharist.

She lived alone, her husband dead,
her family gone.
She spoke at me, not to me.
Endless words spewed out.
I sat . . . and listened . . . and hoped her Eucharist.

Jesus took bread in his hands, he looked at it, and said, “Change.”
He took the cup in his hands, he looked at the wine, and said, “Change.”
And they became Eucharist, his blood, his body.

She couldn’t say she was sorry.
She could only stand there, stubborn, stiff, and still angry.
I reached out my hand and forgave her, and we shared Eucharist.

He was dying of AIDS, terrified, and in so much pain,
all alone in the world, misunderstood, no one seemed to care.
I held his hand, and prayed with him, and he was Eucharist for me.

Jesus took bread in his hands, he looked at it, and said, “Change.”
He took the cup in his hands, he looked at the wine, and said, “Change.”
And they became Eucharist, his blood, his body.
Jesus takes us in his hands, he looks at us, and says, “Change.”
And we become Eucharist, his blood, his body.

I was tired, disgusted. I was all burned out.
I went to my friends, they opened their doors, blessed me with Eucharist.

It was a silly fight. Who started it? What was it all about?
We hugged, we reconciled, and we laughed Eucharist.
Sometimes we laugh Eucharist, sometimes we cry Eucharist.
Sometimes we shout Eucharist; we whisper Eucharist.
In a touch or a tear, in a word or a song.
We hope, we live, because we are Eucharist.

Jesus took bread in his hands, he looked at it, and said, “Change.”
He took the cup in his hands, he looked at the wine, and said, “Change.”
And they became Eucharist, his blood, his body.
Jesus takes us in his hands, he looks at us, and says, “Change.”
And we become Eucharist, his blood, his body.
And we become Eucharist, his blood, his body.
And we become Eucharist, until He comes again.
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Text: R. Voigt, Rose Schick, Jacque Darragh. Music: Jacque Darragh. All rights reserved.