May This Be a Working Alleluia

As we celebrate the bounty we’ve been given this hour,
May this be a grateful alleluia.
For this day and this bread, for each seed and each flow’r,
May this be a grateful alleluia.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Let this be our prayer as we greet each moment with a song:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,
May this be a grateful alleluia.

As the change we wish to see becomes the change that we make,
May this be a working alleluia.
Though we may not succeed, that’s a chance we will take.
May this be a working alleluia.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Let this be our prayer as we greet each moment with a song:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,
May this be a working alleluia.

As we work to make this world a more compassionate place,
May this be a healing alleluia.
Bridging painful divides, bearing comfort and grace,
May this be a healing alleluia.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Let this be our prayer as we greet each moment with a song:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,
May this be a healing alleluia.

As the love of God is offered to the world through our hands,
May this be a joyful alleluia.
As the broken is mended and justice expands,
May this be a joyful alleluia.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Let this be our prayer as we greet each moment with a song:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

May this be a joyful alleluia,
May this be a grateful alleluia,
May this be a healing alleluia,
May this be a working alleluia.