Wood of the Cradle ================== w&m: Francis Patrick O'Brien, 2002 [Verse 1] Wood of the cradle, wood of the cross, bearing a lifetime of joy and of loss, who is your loved one? Who could it be, born in a manger to die on a tree? [Refrain] This, this is Jesus the Lord, here in the body and blood outpoured. Come, come, walk in his ways. Kneel at the manger and rise from the grave. [Verse 2] Shepherds lie sleeping, deep in their dreams; angels awaken them: "What could this mean? Whom do you herald? Whom must we find? A child in a manger? Our God born in time?" [Refrain] [Verse 3] {Low voices:} Star in the Heavens bearing new light, guiding the sages and ages this night; {Upper voices:} Where will you lead us? Where can he be, the child born of myst'ry who died on a tree? [Refrain] [Verse 4] Come, all who hunger, come, all who thirst; Come, all who seek him, God's joy on the earth. Find him a shelter, bright, safe, and warm; see in all people his love being born. [Refrain]