O Father, on your love we call,
When sorrow overshadows all
And pain that feels too great to bear
Drives from us any words of prayer;
Enfold in love for evermore
The ones we love but see no more.
Our friends so innocent and dear
Were all untouched by guilt or fear;
Their precious lives had more to give
In them our hopes and dreams could live;
Enfold in love for evermore
The ones we love but see no more.
So brief, the joy since they were born,
So long the years in which to mourn;
Give us compassion to sustain
Each other in this time of pain;
Enfold in love for evermore
The ones we love but see no more.
Guard us from bitterness and hate
And share with us grief's crushing weight;
Help us to live from day to day,
Until, once more, we find our way;
Enfold in love for evermore
The ones we love, but see no more.
When friends assembled here must part,
And darkness seems to fill the heart,
Light one small flame of hope that still
You walk with us, and always will;
Enfold in love forevermore
All those we love, but see no more.
Tune: Melita (Eternal Father, strong to save)
Words by Jean Holloway and Jerry Carroon
Adapted from "Dunblane"