FAVORITE CHRISTMAS QUOTES 2012, # 8:

"Children of Abraham"

Once again
We gather here
As the night grows long
Deep in the year
It is a season of light
Of prayer and fasting
And the endless longing
For love everlasting

All the children of Abraham

And we are Isaac
On the mountaintop
By the hand of God
May the killing stop
Faith without measure
Hope without end
But it is Love will make
The nations bend

All the children of Abraham
All the children of Abraham

And he said, “There is but One”
And he said, “There is but One”
And the name is Allah
And the name is Yahweh
And the name is Jesus
And the name is God

All the children of Abraham

And in this year
This dark December
As we look onward
Let us remember
We share this history
We share this place
We share this moment
We ask for grace

All the children of Abraham

And he said, “We are but One”
And he said, “We are but One”
And we know we are but one
And we are Muslin
And we are Jew
And we are Christian
We are just me and you

All the children of Abraham

©2001 John McCutcheon/Appalsongs (ASCAP)
Staunton, VA December 2001 (Hanukah/Ramadan/Advent)