Sundays at All Hallows (Sunday, March 3, 2024)
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows.
In calling us to follow him, Jesus calls us to be counter-cultural, to embrace a way of life and a set of ideas that are completely different from those which may be accepted by our family, kin, and neighbors. Jesus calls us to be his representatives in our community and the larger world and embody what he taught and exemplified.
GATHER IN GOD’S NAME
The Lord be with you.
The Lord bless you.
Open this like in a new tab to hear Andy Clark’s “We Lift Our Voices (For the Lord Is Good).”
Verse 1:
We lift our voices to the Lord most high,
with joyful singing we will glorify
the great creator, the author of all life.
We are his people and he is our God,
he always guides us in his ways with love:
let joyful praises come fill this place, in song.
Chorus:
For the Lord is good!
We shout for joy because
the Lord is good!
He rules the earth with everlasting love:
how good is our God!
Verse 2:
Enter His presence with a thankful heart,
enter his courts and let the praises start,
give God the glory, for he deserves it all.
All of creation lives to worship God,
we were created as an act of love:
let adoration flow from this place, in song.
Chorus:
For the Lord is good!
We shout for joy because
the Lord is good!
He rules the earth with everlasting love:
how good is our God!
For the Lord is good!
We shout for joy because
the Lord is good!
He rules the earth with everlasting love:
how good is our God!
Verse 3:
Faithful God, never ending goodness,
ever flowing kindness.
You are faithful, God, you are good.
Faithful God, never ending goodness,
ever flowing kindness.
You are faithful, God, you are good.
Final Chorus:
For the Lord is good!
We shout for joy because
the Lord is good!
He rules the earth with everlasting love:
how good is our God!
For the Lord is good!
We shout for joy because
the Lord is good!
He rules the earth with everlasting love:
how good is our God!
How good is our God!
How good is our God!
How good is our God!
God has promised forgiveness
to all who truly repent,
turn to Christ in faith
and are themselves forgiving.
Let us confess our sins to God our Father.
Silence
Heavenly Father,
we have sinned against you and against our neighbour
in thought and word and deed,
through negligence, through weakness,
through our own deliberate fault;
by what we have done
and by what we have failed to do.
We are truly sorry and repent of all our sins.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ who died for us,
forgive us all that is past;
and grant that we may serve you in newness of life
to the glory of your name. Amen.
Merciful Lord,
grant to your faithful people pardon and peace,
that we may be cleansed from all our sins,
and serve you with a quiet mind;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Andy Clark’s “No Greater Love.”
Verse 1:
No greater love has ever been known to us,
no deeper grace could ever be shown to us;
God our creator sent us a saviour
who suffered and died, laid down his life:
wonderful love.
Verse 2:
No greater price has ever been paid for us,
this sacrifice, offered in place of us;
Jesus, the Son of Man, nails through his human hands,
paid with his blood to bring us to God:
wonderful love.
Chorus:
Wonderful love,
beautiful love,
wonderful love poured out for us.
Wonderful love,
beautiful love,
wonderful love poured out for us.
[Instrumental interlude]
Verse 3:
One day we’ll see the glorious face of love,
kneel at his feet and thank him for saving us;
this is our destiny, to praise him eternally,
our light and our life, the presence of Christ:
wonderful love.
Chorus:
Wonderful love,
beautiful love,
wonderful love poured out for us.
Wonderful love,
beautiful love,
wonderful love poured out for us.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Andy Weeks and Matt Clarks’ “Alpha and Omega.”
Verse 1:
You are the Alpha and the Omega,
beginning and the end;
Lord God Almighty, King of the ages,
worthy of all praise.
Chorus:
Jesus, Faithful and True, you are holy,
there is no-one like you,
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Jesus, worthy of honour and glory,
King of love and mercy,
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Verse 2:
You came from heaven, suffered to save us,
the sinless lamb of God;
now you are risen, you are exalted
and crowned the Lord of lords.
Chorus:
Jesus, Faithful and True, you are holy,
there is no-one like you,
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Jesus, worthy of honour and glory,
King of love and mercy,
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Verse 3:
Blessing and honour and glory and power
be to our God forever.
Heaven rejoices and angels bow down:
praise to our God forever.
Blessing and honour and glory and power
be to our God forever.
Heaven rejoices and angels bow down:
praise to our God forever.
Blessing and honour and glory and power
be to our God forever.
Heaven rejoices and angels bow down:
praise to our God forever.
Final Chorus:
Jesus, Faithful and True, you are holy,
there is no-one like you,
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Jesus, worthy of honour and glory,
King of love and mercy,
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Jesus, Faithful and True, you are holy,
there is no-one like you,
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Jesus, worthy of honour and glory,
King of love and mercy,
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Lord of heav’n and earth.
Let us pray.
Silence
Merciful Lord,
Grant your people grace to withstand the temptations
of the world, the flesh and the devil
and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD
A reading from the New Testament (John 2:13–22)
It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a market-place!”
Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”
But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”
“All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
“What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
Silence
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
By the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry, the Temple at Jerusalem had been turned into a place of business, “a marketplace” as Jesus describes it in today’s reading. Traders sold cattle, sheep, doves, and young pigeons to those who wished to make an offering to God on the Temple’s altar. Money changers exchanged ordinary coins for Temple coins and charged a fee for what they did. Anyone who wished to pay the Temple tribute or a vow or make a free offering had to use the Temple coins. They could not use ordinary coins. All this business activity took place with the knowledge and permission of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish religious authorities who benefitted from it in various ways.
The Levites who assisted the priests of the Temple inspected every animal or bird for its fitness as a sacrifice. The Code of Moses in the Old Testament set the standards for what might be offered as a sacrifice to God. This gave the traders selling cattle, sheep, doves, and young pigeons a monopoly since an animal or bird that would-be offerors brought with them might not meet these standards and the Levites would turn away offerors and their offerings.
While today’s reading does not mention the practice, the Levites sold to offerors the meat from sacrificed animals, which had not been burned on the altar as prescribed by religious law. I imagine that the various businesses conducted in the Temple were profitable for those conducting them. A lot of money changed hands.
Jesus’ visit to the Temple described in today’s reading was his first since he had begun his earthly ministry. What he found greatly displeased him. In an uncharacteristic display of anger Jesus drove the traders and their sheep and cattle from the Temple with a whip that he made from knotted cords. It is the kind of whip that farmers use to drive their livestock. He also scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables and ordered those who sold doves and young pigeons to remove them from the Temple’s precincts.
This display of righteous anger on Jesus’ part, his description of the Pharisees as a “brood of snakes” in Matthew 12: 34, his description of the teachers of the religious law and the Pharisees as “white-washed tombs” in Matthew 23: 27 28 and as “snakes” and “sons of vipers” in Matthew 23: 33 is not justification for the kind of vituperation, language filled with hate and angry criticism, which is often heard these days on social media, at political rallies, and even from church pulpits. Jesus was not setting a precedent for how his disciples should act. John himself in the closing passages of today’s reading gives his reasons for incorporating this episode in Jesus’ life and ministry in his gospel.
Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”
But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”
“All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
“What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
As for referring to the teachers of the religious law and Pharisees as a “brood of snakes,” this phrase was at the time a common expression for those who harbored malice toward others. As for referring to them as “white-washed tombs," Jesus used this phrase as an analogy to bring home his point that what they appeared outwardly was not what they were inwardly. White-washed tombs were a common sight in Galilee and Judaea. A coat of paint concealed the fact that they contained the decaying remains of a human corpse. Jesus uses a number of analogies in his teaching. For example, he compares the Kingdom of God to yeast in bread dough.
Nowhere in the Gospels do we find Jesus engaging in long, angry rants in which he insults those whom he perceives as enemies, says unpleasant things about them in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them, threatens them, makes all kinds of false accusations, promotes conspiracy theories, tells one lie after another, plays upon people’s fears and prejudices, incites hatred against different group of people, and suggests that his supporters take things to their own hands and resort to violence.
Rather we find Jesus teaching that we should love our enemies, treat them as we would wish to be treated ourselves, do good to them, bless them when they curse us, and pray for them. We also find Jesus warning those who are spreading lies about him and seeking to kill him that they are behaving like children of the devil, not children of Abaham. Abraham trusted God and took God at his word. With their lies and murderous scheming, they are imitating the devil as children imitate their father. The devil is the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning.
Jesus does acknowledge that he will cause division. Those who hear his call and respond to it may not enjoy the support of their families, kin, and neighbors. They may face opposition. With this admission, however, Jesus is not saying that his purpose for coming into the world was to pit one person against another and create widespread strife. Jesus does not glory in confusion and disorder. What he is telling his would-be disciples that their path will not be an easy one. He is not telling them to deliberately to encourage and support division, separation into groups that are antagonistic to each other and are at loggerheads over the smallest thing.
In what has been called an “Age of Outrage,” in which people clash over just about everything and demonize those who do not agree with them, we need to remember Jesus’s words, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me” (Matthew 16:24 NLT). This includes letting go of any feelings of dislike or hatred for those who are different from us.
As disciples of Jesus, we are called to be a community of kindness and forgiveness. We are to imitate God in the same way that Jesus imitated his Father. We are to show grace not just to those near us but to all people, living a life filled with love, following the example of Jesus.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Joel Payne’s "Jesus, You Have Called Us (I Will Follow)."
Silence
Merciful Lord,
Grant your people grace to withstand the temptations
of the world, the flesh and the devil
and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD
A reading from the New Testament (John 2:13–22)
It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a market-place!”
Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”
But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”
“All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
“What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
Silence
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
What Are We to Make of Jesus’ Cleansing of the Temple?
By the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry, the Temple at Jerusalem had been turned into a place of business, “a marketplace” as Jesus describes it in today’s reading. Traders sold cattle, sheep, doves, and young pigeons to those who wished to make an offering to God on the Temple’s altar. Money changers exchanged ordinary coins for Temple coins and charged a fee for what they did. Anyone who wished to pay the Temple tribute or a vow or make a free offering had to use the Temple coins. They could not use ordinary coins. All this business activity took place with the knowledge and permission of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish religious authorities who benefitted from it in various ways.
The Levites who assisted the priests of the Temple inspected every animal or bird for its fitness as a sacrifice. The Code of Moses in the Old Testament set the standards for what might be offered as a sacrifice to God. This gave the traders selling cattle, sheep, doves, and young pigeons a monopoly since an animal or bird that would-be offerors brought with them might not meet these standards and the Levites would turn away offerors and their offerings.
While today’s reading does not mention the practice, the Levites sold to offerors the meat from sacrificed animals, which had not been burned on the altar as prescribed by religious law. I imagine that the various businesses conducted in the Temple were profitable for those conducting them. A lot of money changed hands.
Jesus’ visit to the Temple described in today’s reading was his first since he had begun his earthly ministry. What he found greatly displeased him. In an uncharacteristic display of anger Jesus drove the traders and their sheep and cattle from the Temple with a whip that he made from knotted cords. It is the kind of whip that farmers use to drive their livestock. He also scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables and ordered those who sold doves and young pigeons to remove them from the Temple’s precincts.
This display of righteous anger on Jesus’ part, his description of the Pharisees as a “brood of snakes” in Matthew 12: 34, his description of the teachers of the religious law and the Pharisees as “white-washed tombs” in Matthew 23: 27 28 and as “snakes” and “sons of vipers” in Matthew 23: 33 is not justification for the kind of vituperation, language filled with hate and angry criticism, which is often heard these days on social media, at political rallies, and even from church pulpits. Jesus was not setting a precedent for how his disciples should act. John himself in the closing passages of today’s reading gives his reasons for incorporating this episode in Jesus’ life and ministry in his gospel.
Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”
But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”
“All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
“What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
As for referring to the teachers of the religious law and Pharisees as a “brood of snakes,” this phrase was at the time a common expression for those who harbored malice toward others. As for referring to them as “white-washed tombs," Jesus used this phrase as an analogy to bring home his point that what they appeared outwardly was not what they were inwardly. White-washed tombs were a common sight in Galilee and Judaea. A coat of paint concealed the fact that they contained the decaying remains of a human corpse. Jesus uses a number of analogies in his teaching. For example, he compares the Kingdom of God to yeast in bread dough.
Nowhere in the Gospels do we find Jesus engaging in long, angry rants in which he insults those whom he perceives as enemies, says unpleasant things about them in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them, threatens them, makes all kinds of false accusations, promotes conspiracy theories, tells one lie after another, plays upon people’s fears and prejudices, incites hatred against different group of people, and suggests that his supporters take things to their own hands and resort to violence.
Rather we find Jesus teaching that we should love our enemies, treat them as we would wish to be treated ourselves, do good to them, bless them when they curse us, and pray for them. We also find Jesus warning those who are spreading lies about him and seeking to kill him that they are behaving like children of the devil, not children of Abaham. Abraham trusted God and took God at his word. With their lies and murderous scheming, they are imitating the devil as children imitate their father. The devil is the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning.
Jesus does acknowledge that he will cause division. Those who hear his call and respond to it may not enjoy the support of their families, kin, and neighbors. They may face opposition. With this admission, however, Jesus is not saying that his purpose for coming into the world was to pit one person against another and create widespread strife. Jesus does not glory in confusion and disorder. What he is telling his would-be disciples that their path will not be an easy one. He is not telling them to deliberately to encourage and support division, separation into groups that are antagonistic to each other and are at loggerheads over the smallest thing.
In what has been called an “Age of Outrage,” in which people clash over just about everything and demonize those who do not agree with them, we need to remember Jesus’s words, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me” (Matthew 16:24 NLT). This includes letting go of any feelings of dislike or hatred for those who are different from us.
As disciples of Jesus, we are called to be a community of kindness and forgiveness. We are to imitate God in the same way that Jesus imitated his Father. We are to show grace not just to those near us but to all people, living a life filled with love, following the example of Jesus.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Joel Payne’s "Jesus, You Have Called Us (I Will Follow)."
Verse 1:
Jesus, you have called us:
Come, follow me,
take up your cross,
deny yourself
and live.
Jesus, I am willing
though I am weak;
I'll trust you
and I'll go where you lead.
Chorus:
I will follow,
I will follow,
I will follow
where you lead.
Verse 2:
Jesus, you have shown us
how we should live:
in sacrifice,
humility
and love.
Jesus, I am willing
though I am weak;
I'll follow you
with your Spirit in me.
Final Chorus:
I will follow,
I will follow,
I will follow
where you lead.
I will follow,
I will follow,
I will follow
where you lead.
I will follow,
I will follow,
I will follow
where you lead.
Let us affirm with Christians across the ages what we believe about God
and his love for us.
We believe in one God,
who made us and loves all that is.
We believe in Jesus Christ,
God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was born, lived, died and rose again,
and is coming to call all to account.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
who calls, equips and sends out God’s people,
and brings all things to their true end.
This is our faith, the faith of the Church:
We believe in one God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER
Let us pray for the Church and the world.
Father, we pray for your holy catholic Church
that we all may be one.
Grant that every member of your Church may truly and humbly serve you:
that your name may be glorified by all people.
We pray for all ordained and licensed ministers of the Church
that they may be faithful ministers of your word and sacraments.
We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world
that there may be justice and peace on the earth.
Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake
that your glory may be proclaimed through our lives.
Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble
that they may be delivered from their distress.
We praise you for your saints who have entered their eternal joy
may we also come to share in the fulness of your kingdom.
We pray for our own needs and for those of others:
Silence.
Jesus, you have called us:
Come, follow me,
take up your cross,
deny yourself
and live.
Jesus, I am willing
though I am weak;
I'll trust you
and I'll go where you lead.
Chorus:
I will follow,
I will follow,
I will follow
where you lead.
Verse 2:
Jesus, you have shown us
how we should live:
in sacrifice,
humility
and love.
Jesus, I am willing
though I am weak;
I'll follow you
with your Spirit in me.
Final Chorus:
I will follow,
I will follow,
I will follow
where you lead.
I will follow,
I will follow,
I will follow
where you lead.
I will follow,
I will follow,
I will follow
where you lead.
Let us affirm with Christians across the ages what we believe about God
and his love for us.
We believe in one God,
who made us and loves all that is.
We believe in Jesus Christ,
God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was born, lived, died and rose again,
and is coming to call all to account.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
who calls, equips and sends out God’s people,
and brings all things to their true end.
This is our faith, the faith of the Church:
We believe in one God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER
Let us pray for the Church and the world.
Father, we pray for your holy catholic Church
that we all may be one.
Grant that every member of your Church may truly and humbly serve you:
that your name may be glorified by all people.
We pray for all ordained and licensed ministers of the Church
that they may be faithful ministers of your word and sacraments.
We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world
that there may be justice and peace on the earth.
Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake
that your glory may be proclaimed through our lives.
Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble
that they may be delivered from their distress.
We praise you for your saints who have entered their eternal joy
may we also come to share in the fulness of your kingdom.
We pray for our own needs and for those of others:
Silence.
The people may add their own petitions.
Gracious God, grant that the desires of your people’s hearts
may find favour in your sight,
through the intercession of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen
THE SENDING FORTH OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Holy and everliving God,
by your power we are created
and by your love we are redeemed;
guide and strengthen us by your Spirit,
that we may give ourselves to your service,
and live each day in love to one another and to you,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
May the almighty and merciful God,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
bless us and keep us
now and forever. Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Claire Williams and Alanna Glover’s “We Are One.”
Verse 1:
Sister, let me wipe your tears
Brother, let me bear your fears
Come on, every daughter, every son
Let us walk in love for we are one
Verse 2:
Though we walk a long and broken road
We are here to bear each other’s load
And forgive as you’ve forgiven us
Let us walk in love for we are one
Chorus:
We are one in the Father’s love
We of every tribe and every tongue
We are found in the risen Son
We are bound together by his blood
Let us walk in love for we are one
Verse 3:
There’s a love that conquers all divides
There’s a love that paid the greatest price
For the battle over death is won
Now alive in Christ we live as one
Chorus:
We are one in the Father’s love
We of every tribe and every tongue
We are found in the risen Son
We are bound together by his blood
Let us walk in love for we are one
Verse 4:
On the day you come to call us home
With the multitude before the throne
Now with all the saints who’ve overcome
For eternity we’ll sing as one
Final Chorus:
We are one in the Father’s love
We of every tribe and every tongue
We are found in the risen Son
We are bound together by his blood
Let us walk in love for we are one
We are one in the Father’s love
We of every tribe and every tongue
We are found in the risen Son
We are bound together by his blood
Let us walk in love for we are one
Those present may exchange a sign of peace.
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
Gracious God, grant that the desires of your people’s hearts
may find favour in your sight,
through the intercession of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen
THE SENDING FORTH OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Holy and everliving God,
by your power we are created
and by your love we are redeemed;
guide and strengthen us by your Spirit,
that we may give ourselves to your service,
and live each day in love to one another and to you,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
May the almighty and merciful God,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
bless us and keep us
now and forever. Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Claire Williams and Alanna Glover’s “We Are One.”
Verse 1:
Sister, let me wipe your tears
Brother, let me bear your fears
Come on, every daughter, every son
Let us walk in love for we are one
Verse 2:
Though we walk a long and broken road
We are here to bear each other’s load
And forgive as you’ve forgiven us
Let us walk in love for we are one
Chorus:
We are one in the Father’s love
We of every tribe and every tongue
We are found in the risen Son
We are bound together by his blood
Let us walk in love for we are one
Verse 3:
There’s a love that conquers all divides
There’s a love that paid the greatest price
For the battle over death is won
Now alive in Christ we live as one
Chorus:
We are one in the Father’s love
We of every tribe and every tongue
We are found in the risen Son
We are bound together by his blood
Let us walk in love for we are one
Verse 4:
On the day you come to call us home
With the multitude before the throne
Now with all the saints who’ve overcome
For eternity we’ll sing as one
Final Chorus:
We are one in the Father’s love
We of every tribe and every tongue
We are found in the risen Son
We are bound together by his blood
Let us walk in love for we are one
We are one in the Father’s love
We of every tribe and every tongue
We are found in the risen Son
We are bound together by his blood
Let us walk in love for we are one
Those present may exchange a sign of peace.
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
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