1 In all our grief and fear we turn to you.
O God, you know all that we think or do,
you know the pain we put each other through.
Refrain
Lord, have mercy, Christ, have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace.
2 Help us to put aside the angry word,
the clenching fist, the wish and will to hurt.
Teach us the way in which love best is served.
3 You did not even spare your only Son.
He lived our griefs and bore all evil done,
but through his cross, redemption has been won.
4 God, when we suffer all that we can bear,
then let us know that you in truth are near
and will not leave us lost in all our fear.
