Gather Us In
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Here in this place new light is streaming, Now is the darkness vanished away.
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See in this space our fears and our dreamings, brought here to you in the light of this day.
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Gather us in, the lost and forsaken, Gather us in, the blind and the lame,
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Call to us now and we shall awaken, We shall arise at the sound of our name.
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We are the young- our lives are a myst'ry, We are the old, who yearn for your face,
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We have been sung throughout all of history, Called to be light to the whole human race.
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Gather us in, the rich and the haughty, Gather us in, the proud and the strong,
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Give us a heart, so meek and so lowly, Give us the courage to enter the song.
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Here we will take the wine and the water, Here we will take the bread of new birth,
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Here you shall call your sons and your daughters, Call us anew to be salt for the earth.
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Gather us in to drink the wine of compassion, Give us to eat, the bread that is You.
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Nourish us well and teach us to fashion, Lives that are holy and hearts that are true.
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Not in the dark of building confining, Not in some heaven light years away,
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here in this place the new light is shining, Now is the Kingdom, now is the day.
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Gather us in and hold us forever, Gather us in and make us your own.
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Gather us in all peoples together, Fire of love in our flesh and our bone.