Lord have mercy.

We are lost, are broken, are despairing.

Our world is wandering in darkness.

Our churches are falling into division.

Our hearts are mired in filth.

Rise up, O God!

Defend your people!

Rescue your world!

We are lost without you.

Lord have mercy.

Thee we adore.

You are goodness and beauty.

You created all,

flinging the stars into space and crafting the ladybug’s wings.

You are power and strength.

With your right hand, you held back the seas.

With the breath of your mouth, you took down city walls.

You are love and mercy.

You took the very powers of sin and death into yourself so we wouldn’t.

You forsook the companionship of your Trinity so we could be with you.

Thee we adore.

Into Thy hands.

Though the world grow dark,

I know who you are.

I remember what you have done.

Though my heart be filthy,

I trust your heart toward me and our world.

I know all the reasons I adore you.

Whom have I in heaven but you?

And there is nothing on earth I desire but you.

Whether you come to the rescue today

or wait for another thousand years,

Into Thy hands.

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Art credits: Grief by Bertram Mackennal; Children at Prayer by Antoine Édouard Joseph Moulinet; Risen Christ on the Lake of Gennesaret by David Teniers the Younger