Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 38 hymnals Scripture: Micah 6:1-7 First Line: O Christ, the healer, we have come Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the healer, we have come
To pray for health, to plead for friends.
How can we fail to be restored,
When reached by love that never ends?
2 From ev'ry ailment flesh endures
Our bodies clamor to be freed;
Yet in our hearts we would confess
That wholeness is our deepest need.
3 How strong, O Lord, are our desires,
How weak our knowledge of ourselves!
Release in us those healing truths
Unconscious pride resists or shelves.
4 In conflicts that destroy our health
We recognize the world's disease;
Our common life declares our ills:
Is there no cure, O Christ, for these?
5 Grant that we all, made one in faith,
In your community may find
The wholeness that, enriching us,
Shall reach the whole of humankind. Topics: Community; Ecumenism; Healing; Jesus Christ; Pastoral Care of the Sick; Pastoral Care of the Sick; Social Concern; Unity Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS HERR
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