Hymn for Advent II

Stand Up!  Stand Up for Justice!

(May be sung to the Hymn Tune

WEBB: Meter 76.76 D

“Stand Up!  Stand Up! For Jesus”)

1. Stand up!  Stand up for justice

O Prophet of the Cross.

You know in following the Christ

there always is a cost.

Be bold!  Be Brave!  O Prophet!

Your voice is needed now.

Speak out from the grey desert

begin to show us how

2. to heed the call for penance

in waters clear and deep,

and join the throngs of those

who walk Jordan in bare feet.

Stand up!  Stand up O Prophet.

despite the silent Church.

Awaken all those sleeping.

Proclaim Messiah’s birth.

3. Awaken Advent people,

share dreams of the Shalom

where all voices are honored

and strangers find a home.

Stand up!  Stand up for justice,

O Prophet of the Cross.

You know in following the Christ

there always is a cost.

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