1 Give thanks for life, the measure of our days,
mortal, we pass through beauty that decays,
yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 Give thanks for those who made their life a light
caught from the Christ flame, bursting thro' the night,
who touched the truth, who burned for what is right,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 And for our own, our living and our dead,
thanks for the love by which our life is fed,
a love not changed by time or death or dread,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 Give thanks for hope, that like the wheat, the grain
lying in darkness does its life retain
in resurrection to grow green again,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
