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A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage #5

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Peter Kwasniewski
Mar 21, 2026
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A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage #5

A Poem: “Deathless Shepherd”

by Peter Kwasniewski

The deathless shepherd who should be
revered—”I am who am”—
Himself becomes the Servant; he
Becomes the slaughtered Lamb.

The one unseen, unheard, all past
The realm of mortal ken,
Takes flesh and face and voice;
at last He’s fellow man with men.

Unchanging Word in changing speech
Expressed, come down to earth,
…

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