I am the Church
I am because you are
The opposite of self-made
Every part of me is because of them
Created to exist in community
Shaped by every interaction,
every act of love and care,
every tear shed and pain endured
I am because we are
we are therefore I am
our lives connected by the mere presence
of him who took on our flesh
our lives connected because of the gift
we are to one another
one whole, one body
I am because you are
I am because we are
I am the Church
