In the garden of Gethsemane
He prayed for the life he’d never live,
He beseeched his Heavenly Father to remove
The cup of death from his lips

Now there’s a loss that can never be replaced,
A destination that can never be reached,
A light you’ll never find in another’s face,
A sea whose distance cannot be breached

Well Jesus kissed his mother’s hands
Whispered, “Mother, still your tears.
For remember the soul of the universe
Willed a world and it appeared.”

            Bruce Springsteen, “Jesus Was an Only Son” from “Lent Day by Day”