God Bless the Immigrants
A New Hymn Text from Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church
Tune: Faithfulness (“Great is Thy Faithfulness,” without the refrain)
God, bless the immigrants living among us,
working all day in the sun and the heat.
Working on rooftops and bringing the harvest,
they build our homes and provide food we eat.
God, bless the refugees coming to join us,
fleeing from danger and hunger and strife.
They are beloved and valued and precious.
You’re with them here as they seek a new life.
God, bless the aides in our nursing home hallways,
God, bless the families who venture here, too,
God, bless the doctors and students and elders
who came from elsewhere to start life anew.
God bless the newcomers living among us.
God bless the youth who have come here alone.
God bless the migrants with lessons to teach us,
God bless the people who welcome them home.
God bless the immigrants, refugees, strangers,
threatened and slandered, who now live in fear.
May we show mercy, compassion, and kindness.
We are all neighbors; we’re one village here.
Biblical Reference: Leviticus 19:33-34 and Matthew 25:31-46
Tune: William Marion Runyan, 1923 ("Great Is Thy Faithfulness")
Text: Copyright © 2024 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
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