Sri Lanka, March 29 -- Three hours he knelt in agony
To drink the bitter cup to the
very dregs.
Atonement for sins of all mankind.
But vice and crime increase
Was then that agony in vain
Is he being crucified again?
Three falls he had
On that weary road to Calvary
Weighed with the cross
With the burden of the sins
of all mankind.
But man falls and falls
With no desire of rising again.
Were then Christ's falls in vain?
If man does not want to rise again.
Three hours he hung,
A shamed figure between two thieves
In untold anguish.
Side pierced , broken, bleeding!
Were then these pangs in vain?
If man goes on and makes no move
His life to change.
Three Marys stood at the foot of the cross
Women like in their sorrow
Mour...