We wring our hands in hopelessness
while Herod's spirit roams abroad,
the innocent are slaughtered still
as hatred draws a tighter cord.
We lack audacity to face
corruption in our very midst;
humanity is drawn by greed
and power has the final twist.
God bring again your human love,
an innocent and child-like grace
infusing every heart and mind.
Renew the hope of every race.
Verses 4-5 follow
For Holy Innocents in Memory of those children and adults killed in the school shooting in Connecticut 2012
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 18/12/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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