Move Us To Action

Move us to action, act in our movement
 caring for all in need.
Let our faith not be dead, seek justice instead
 by healing the wounds of greed.
But who will speak for those who are silenced,
 who speaks the truth to power?
And who defends our forests and waters?
 Those duties must be ours.

Food for the hungry, work for the jobless,
 shelter for refugees:
when we help the deprived, we do unto Christ
 by tending the least of these.
Then heed those who are pushed to the margins;
 God sees each sparrow fall.
As each of us is made in God's image,
 let justice be for all.

Called to act justly, and to love mercy,
 we humbly seek a way
to protect the oppressed, and downtrodden lest
 the strong make the weak their prey.
To prosper by exploiting another
 fractures our common bond.
But dare to serve the stranger; let fear not 
 hinder how we respond.

When they say there is nothing to spare, 
 then our trust is simply this:
that from God's great abundance, there is sufficient
 wealth so that none are missed.
For all deserve a place at the table,
 all merit dignity,
and even when called last to the harvest,
 God's fulsome grace is free.

text by Allan Baer, ©2014
290 Indian Rd. Kingston ON Canada K7M 1T8
email: allanbaer7@gmail.com
website: www.crossroadsunited.ca/spirit