Author: Fred Kaan, 1929-2009 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 24 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Help us accept each other
As Christ accepted us;
Teach us as sister, brother,
Each person to embrace.
Be present, Lord, among us,
And bring us to believe:
We are ourselves accepted
And meant to love and live.
2 Teach us, O Lord, your lessons,
As in our daily life
We struggle to be human
And search for hope and faith.
Teach us to care for people,
For all, not just for some;
To love them as we find them,
Or as they may become.
3 Let your acceptance change us
So that we may be moved
In living situations
To do the truth in love;
To practice your acceptance
Until we know by heart
The table of forgiveness
And laughter's healing art.
4 Lord, for today's encounters
With all who are in need,
Who hunger for acceptance,
For justice, and for bread,
We need new eyes for seeing,
New hands for holding on:
Renew us with your Spirit;
Lord, free us, make us one! Topics: Unity; Ordinary Time, Twenty-Third Sunday A Scripture: Romans 15:7 Used With Tune: AURELIA
Help Us Accept Each Other