Reflection in Ordinary Time: Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love

 This reflection was shared from Canadian singer-songwriter, Steve Bell. 

May it bless your day.

The lyrics were inspired by and adapted from a poem by William Blake, entitled The Divine Image.

Lyrics by Steve Bell

To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
We pray in our distress;
And to these virtues of delight
Return our thankfulness.

For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is God, our Father dear;
In Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is God, our Mother, here.

And Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.

Then everyone, of every clime,
That prays in their distress,
Prays to the human form divine,
Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.

And all must love the human form,
in every stripe and hue
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.

Yes, all must love the human form,
in every stripe and hue
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.