World Peace Prayer

Text: Refrain Upanishads, Satish Kumar; verses, Marty Haugen
Tune: Marty Haugen
© 1985, GIA Publications, Inc.

Refrain:
Lead us from death to life, from falsehood to truth, 
from despair to hope, from fear to trust.
Lead us from hate to love, from war to peace;
Let peace fill our hearts, let peace fill our world, let peace fill our universe.

Verse:
Still all the angry cries, still all the angry guns,
Still now your people die, earth’s sons and daughters.
Let justice roll, let mercy pour down,
Come and teach us your way of compassion.

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Verse:
So many lonely hearts, so many broken lives,
Longing for love to break into their darkness.
Come, teach us love, come, teach us peace,
Come and teach us your way of compassion.

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Verse:
Let justice ever roll, let mercy fill the earth,
Let us begin to grow into your people.
We can be love, we can bring peace,
We can still be your way of compassion.

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