Jesus' death was not God's need, but to offer grace; anger did not make him bleed for the human race. Jesus' life and what he taught, more than any creed, this the gift God's joy has brought; this love's only need. Find no fault with Jewish law, nor with Roman rule; fault the love that blessed the straw with a priceless jewel. Better still to place no blame, human or divine; learn to share in Jesus' name: water, bread and wine. Bless the stones that cry aloud as the price rides by; bless the humble and the proud who return to cry. Jesus was not born to die but to show the way; Christ invites us each to try living what we pray.