God of Mercy and Compassion (II)

God of mercy and compassion,
Lord of life and blinding light.
Truth whom creatures would refashion,
Force on us the gift of sight.

Truth insistent and demanding,
Love resented and ignored,
Life beyond all understanding,
Give us peace and pardon, Lord.


God most holy and forgiving,
Penetrate our pride and sloth;
On a people partly living,
Force the gift of life and growth.

Truth insistent and demanding,
Love resented and ignored,
Life beyond all understanding,
Give us peace and pardon, Lord.


Lord, who out of love consented
To the worst that we could do;
Lord, abandoned and tormented,
Let us love and suffer too.

Truth insistent and demanding,
Love resented and ignored,
Life beyond all understanding,
Give us peace and pardon, Lord.

Michael Hodgetts