Mark 5:21-24, 35-43 Arise, lovely maiden, your Maker makes you rise! Rise up, fall at his feet, and kiss this hand that tore you free from death and loosed the grip that snatched you, tender flower, before your time. The strangler's rage is thwarted by the Lion of Life. He gave life to the girl, and to her parents, the pledge that came through them into this world. Awestruck, we stare in wonder at this deed. Life-Giver, praise to you! The father says, "You've raised my child, and even me, to life. By your grace, we can be bold in facing death because your vigour conquers its decay. My dearest child and I and all of us, with thousand joys, my God, now live and die in you." Click here to read this sonnet in the original German.