Today, in light of unrest in Baltimore and injustice other places I share a hymn written by a Lutheran minister. Though the walk of some is threatening, stalking, and others is fleeing---the prayer is for God's mercy and peace to be brought/carried into the lives of all people.
| Author: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr | (1995) |
"This text was a response to several events: ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, revelations of child abuse, the general state of the world. For all such horrors, the only hope is the peace God offers. The tune name means 'Peace, my God.'"
and people flee in fear,
where sirens scream through flaming nights,
and death is ever near:
Refrain
O God of mercy, hear our prayer:
bring peace to earth again!
2 Where anger festers in the heart,
and strikes with cruel hand;
where violence stalks the troubled streets,
and terror haunts the land:
O God of mercy, hear our prayer:
bring peace to earth again!
3 Where homes are torn by bitter strife,
and love dissolves in blame;
where walls you meant for shelt'ring care
hide deeds of hurt and shame:
O God of mercy, hear our prayer:
bring peace to earth again!
Text: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., b. 1923
bring peace to earth again!
3 Where homes are torn by bitter strife,
and love dissolves in blame;
where walls you meant for shelt'ring care
hide deeds of hurt and shame:
O God of mercy, hear our prayer:
bring peace to earth again!
Text: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., b. 1923
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