‘May this church be like a tree’

Spanish and Music by Pablo Sosa, Argentina.

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Que esta iglesia sea un árbol
Spanish and Music by Pablo Sosa, Argentina. English by Andrew Donaldson

1. May this church be like a tree, behind your house, there in your garden, meeting-place for joy, and feast, and simple prayer beneath its branches. With its roots in earth so fertile, and its arms raised high to heaven, may this church bear fruits of justice, acts of loving and compassion.

Refrain: Tree ever growing by living water, running eternal, flowing from God.

2. May this church be like a tree, there in the street or in the plaza, for the birds a nesting branch, for passers by, a welcome shelter. May it stand as if it’s watching, near my house, just round the corner, waiting for this weary pilgrim with its arms wide to embrace me.

3. May this church be like a tree, O God, that thrives where you have planted; may it stand to show the way, your way of loving and self-giving, offering shade, and fruit for sharing, giving up its wood for burning, may this living church that names you be a tree of life eternal.

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