God is good and good is God.
Not all that people think is good,
not success at another's expense,
pleasure at another's pain,
safety behind a pitiless wall,
but all that lifts the spirit up
to greet the angelic choir;
the exquisite pain of the sublime
in music, words or art;
the homely joy of hospitality,
bread broken, wine outpoured;
the grief and yearning tears
that signal love in heartfelt loss:
the sad and sombre knowledge
of justice fairly meted out.
All that's good is born of God
and leads us home.
