When we discern Earth’s fractured face,

When parts diverge to form extremes,

Can joining hands suffice to build

A world fulfilling Gospel dreams?

As in the sky so on the Earth

The many all belong as one.

 

To start we each could now curtail

Attempts to make us all the same,

Accepting many paths to truth

Ignite our spirit’s holy flame.

As in the sky so on the Earth

The many all belong as one.

 

Awareness comes as we accept

Each person as God’s sacred child,

Their God-ness buried or exposed,

In angry mode or very mild.

As in the sky so on the Earth

The many all belong as one.

 

Past early stages of our faith

Lies oneness of the mystery’s ways.

Divisions fade as we explore

How different journeys end in praise.

As in the sky so on the Earth

The many all belong as one.

 

Within the realm of sacredness

Each different image, creed or song

Can help us each to walk a path

That makes our spirit wise and strong.

As in the sky so on the Earth

The many all belong as one.

 

O God who is both one and three

Your loving oneness helps us find

The ways your presence can unite

Our fractured heart and soul and mind.

As in the sky so on the Earth

The many all belong as one.

 

Text © William Livingstone Wallace. Harmony © Barry Brinson.

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