Heavenly Father, We praise you for

Heavenly Father,
We praise you for mankind-
born to give, and born to receive;
born to help, and born to be helped;
born to lead, and born to be led;
born to forgive, and born to confess;
born to love, and born to be loved.
We think that we can live on our own and ignore the Lazarus at our gate;
but we put ourselves on the wrong side of the great gulf,
and find that we have chosen but an affluent death.
Make us understand that we are part of each other, born together within
within your family to know the warmth of human ties.