Easter Sunday Morning

Posted on by Di Mann Povey

Switched on the radio this morning to hear the beginnings of this song written by Father Mark Baumgarten during COVID, and it was the first few lines that really captured my attention, given that the song is written by a Christian minister:

“It’s Easter Sunday morningBut the sun has yet to riseIf the Lord is up to somethingHe’s tremendously disguised…”

I’ve long contemplated the reason why people, highly intelligent and well-educated people, scientists for example,  believe in a ‘god’, of any kind – it is truly an ongoing source of curiosity for me. If there is a God,  then why is the world still in such a terrible mess?  Or, in His (or Her?) defence if His/Her existence is true, would the world be in much, much worse shape?  It’s a puzzle!

Here are the rest of the lyrics to Father Mark’s song, with source:

It’s Easter Sunday morningBut the sun has yet to riseIf the Lord is up to somethingHe’s tremendously disguisedContagion has been rampantSolitude’s imposedFear is going viralAnd the churches are all closedOn Easter Sunday morning
It’s Easter Sunday morningAnd we’re totally perplexedWe’re hiding in our cagesLest they come to get us nextThe Body has been brokenThe charges have been laidOur shame and our betrayalsAre endlessly replayedOn Easter Sunday morning
It’s Easter Sunday morningAnd the headlines all proclaimTwo thousand years laterAnd the world still looks the sameKids still die from hungerCruelty still existsWe’re told this was a triumphBut the darkness still persistsOn Easter Sunday morning
It’s Easter Sunday morningAnd we’re down upon our kneesThe pain of our rebellionThe groaning of our pleasA hint of unknown musicFills the frightened roomTeasing us with rumoursAbout an empty tombOn Easter Sunday morning
It’s Easter Sunday morningAnd mystery aboundsThere’s rumbling ‘neath the surfaceThere’s shackles on the groundA glimpse is all we’re promisedA sign of things unseenThere’s light on the horizonThe atmosphere is cleanOn Easter Sunday morningOn Easter Sunday morningOn Easter Sunday morningRunning to the tombWith tears in our eyesRight before the dawnOn Easter Sunday morningOn Easter Sunday morning
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Fr Mark Baumgarten
Image: Di Mann-Povey Mildura 31/03/2024