Let us pray

 Let us pray

Let us pray for those we love

And maybe more for those we hate

Let us make this dear world of ours

A more loving, caring, gentler place. 

We think of those who live beside us

Of those in countries far away

We think of those who have departed

As clear as the day we last saw them. 

We think of sick ones in the wards 

We think of those who die at home 

We pray for babies and for mummies

And their first day in the nurseries. 

We think of Beirut 

And all in Syria

In war torn Yemen

And New York too. 

We who have too much

We pray for them 

For those in hunger

While they try to sleep. 

We pray for Mother Earth  

That she might shield us

As we shield her

From greed and menace. 

Amen