Consolation

Tune: Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen

1.  We can no longer gather beneath a darkening cloud.

     Your people all are scattered apart and cry aloud:

     “O God, be with the dying, those suffering, alone.

     Hear now your children crying, lamenting for their own.”

2.  O be a present loved one, O God be very near.

     As we each day remember all those we held so dear.

     Be with us in our sorrow, O tender God of love

     Grant us a new tomorrow with all the saints above.

3.  Now be our consolation – our true and dearest friend.

     Grant us a liberation from sickness without end.

     And when we come to gather again to worship you

     Transform us to be neighbor in all we say and do.

Text:  Copyright @2020 by Kenn Storck

May be used with permission

kennstorck@gmail.com

Tune for Lutherans – Evangelical Lutheran Worship

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