In nature as in Jesus,

All life is truly one,

But we divide Christ’s mantle

And drown Creation’s song,

But we divide Christ’s mantle

And drown Creation’s song.

 

The creatures and the plant-life

Of sea and air and earth

All form a fragile linkage

Of life and death and birth,

All form a fragile linkage

Of life and death and birth.

 

But people break this network

Through lust for wealth and power

And senseless pain and killing

Mark Nature’s darkest hour,

And senseless pain and killing

Mark Nature’s darkest hour.

 

O God, forgive our sinning

Against life’s woven thread.

May mystery grow within us –

In heart and hand and head,

May mystery grow within us

In heart and hand and head.

 

Come celebrate together,

With song and dance and fun,

The unity of all life

In God, the Holy One,

The unity of all life

In God, the Holy One.

 

Notes: Genesis 1: 26-31, Romans 8:18-25, Ephesians 1:10                                                 

Text © William Livingstone Wallace. Music © I-to Loh.

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