For the Lost Boys of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky

Sometimes it takes profound dignity
To undergo indignities.
To stand silent when falsely accused,
To accept help when rendered helpless,
To survive the horrific.
Sometimes we are our highest and best selves
When witnesses would claim we have been stripped of everything.

While suffering the ultimate indignity
Inflicted by man upon his God,
Christ transformed His Humiliation
Into triumph, and His death
Into life for all who accept His gift.

And so no illness, no human depravity, no circumstance
Can diminish the high nature of our souls,
Bestowed there by Christ's own sacrifice.