For me, this song — “You Remain Our Friend” — from the Oratorio captures the essence of Good Friday and the promise of the great ones: that they will always and ever love us, no matter what.
LYRICS
Solo:
When we need You, You descend,
Seeking grieving hearts to mend.
By hate unaffected,
You remain our Friend.
On a cross rejected,
Doomed to meet a shameful end,
Still, with love perfected,
You remain our Friend.
Choir:
Long we feared to face Your love,
Lest our emptiness it prove.
Now at last our hearts we give You,
Who remain our Friend.