It is truly you who chose us Before we were even born With a love hard to even imagine Like that of radiant grace-filled beams Streaming with purest and truest joy Beyond our hope, beyond our dreams
Calling us to live love by how we follow All he taught and all he showed As he fulfilled his eternal promise Bringing us the fullness of joyful love A love so deep and so complete Bursting forth from his heart from above
From him alone, a love-made joy so deep Permeated with grace, all of life itself In all its fullness and its depth A gift from he who was, is, and will be As he promised us so long ago A life-giving love in Jesus so clear to see
A love given by God, not of our doing An eternal gift of his divine will alone A gift beyond our understanding One so deep and complete in essence That it gives life for all and for all time And continues now in His Real Presence
For it is we who are now chosen To lay down our lives for your love By bringing this love into our world By treating our neighbor and our lives as one By bearing the fruit we are given, to others As clearly, the One alone for us has done
Dear Jesus, help us to love one another As you have taught us and so have shown Help us to truly follow your life-giving call