Name: The Mystery of You
Duration: P00H06M01S
Description: In my head, I’ve always heard Bruce Cockburn singing this one.

The Mystery of You

from The Communion of Saints by John R. Mabry

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In my head, I’ve always heard Bruce Cockburn singing this one.

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When you danced, the stars found their homes. When you laughed, there fell the clattering of stones. When you tired, the sky shot through with red, and the world hung on every word you said. / And I don’t understand you, but I don’t have to, ’cause I’m so in love with the mystery of you. / You chose to dine with prostitutes, not kings. Adorned your hands with splinters instead of rings. You healed a blind man’s eyes with mud, and when you died, you fashioned violence into love. / And I don’t understand you... / Oh, if you wore another form, I’d still thrill to thunder storms, this sun would keep me just as warm. And oh, if I didn’t know your name, I’d still cringe at coming pain, this skin still wrinkle in the rain. / Now when you dance, the stars find their homes. I hear your laughter in the clattering of stones. When you tire, the sky shoots through with red, and world hangs on every word you’ve said. / And I don’t understand you...

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from The Communion of Saints, released September 9, 2022
Violin: Benito Cortez.

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John R. Mabry Hannacroix, New York

John R. Mabry lives with his wife and dogs in Hannacroix, NY. He is a writer, spiritual director, and director of the Interfaith spiritual direction certificate program at the Chaplaincy Institute.

www.johnrmabry.com

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