Hymn #4 - Consolation

Times of Lament

 

Tune: Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen

Meter: 7.6.7.6.D

 

                 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.

                   

Hymn with this tune – “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”

 

Text:  Copyright @2020 by Kenn Storck

May be used with permission

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