Our nation is divided, Lord,
by bitterness, anger and mistrust,
by bitterness, anger and mistrust,
by animosity, prejudice and ill will,
by sarcasm, hostility and snark,
by name calling, rancor
by sarcasm, hostility and snark,
by name calling, rancor
and hardness of heart...
It's so painful to see
how broken and divided we are,
how deep our common wounds,
how great our need for healing
how broken and divided we are,
how deep our common wounds,
how great our need for healing
and how we're too stubborn to yield:
our opinions to the facts,
our comfort to self-sacrifice,
our comfort to self-sacrifice,
our partisanship to consensus...
our fraudulence to justice,
our lies to the truth...
We need healing, Lord,
and we need to pray for healing
because we'll never right these wrongs
all on our own;
or salvage Amereica's honor
by our self-determination;
or rescue this land's liberty
apart from feedom's laws...
We will not - we cannot -
do this by ourselves
but only with your help, Lord,
with your mercy and your grace...
And so, we pray:
send your Spirit to shape us
to mold us in your image,
and to strengthen and refresh us
for the work that's ours to do...
E pluribus unum
From the many - make us one, Lord!
From the many we are, Lord,
call us to be one...
from the diversity we embody,
call us to be one...
from rumors and rash judgments,
call us to be one...
from our prejudice and bias,
call us to be one...
from our factions, camps and enclaves,
call us to be one...
from the differences we manifest,
call us to be one...
from our colors, creeds and races,
call us to be one;
from beyond the grip of politics
call us to be one...
out of all that might divide us, Lord,
call us to be one..
Amen.
Unity Hymn by Mike Donehey
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