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People of Jesus, trusted to be
Bearer of Peace from
God's living tree
Peace that the world itself cannot know
The Peace that is given
to plant and to grow.
Feel for the ones who have
no more bread
Feel for the ones with children unfed.
Longing for food they find
in our hands
A mountain of weapons
more sacred than land.
Feel for the ones whose homes
are destroyed
Feel for the lives now shattered
and void
Waiting for loved ones nobody saw
The innocent people who suffer
in war.
Stand with the ones who see
a new way:
People of faith who struggle and pray,
Given the call to shape and to rebuild
Our actions, our conscience,
our broken world.
Pray for the day our children will see
War strange and distant as slavery
Work for a world where
new ways abound
To meet and to dialogue
till peace is found.
Children of Peace go forth
through the earth
Healing our world and bringing
to birth
Vision to build and fashion a way:
The fullness of Life
for God's people today.
Bernadette Farrell
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