Open Open my eyes Lord, So I can see you in your dirty clothes, on the footpath holding out your hand. So I can see you crying in despair because you were treated as a “dirty immigrant”. So I can see you in your country suffering from famine begging for help to plant, to build. Open my lips, Lord. So that I can cry out, “That’s enough! Come, friends, We have to pick up our Christ, And set our brothers and sisters on their feet!” Open my hands, Lord, so we will work to make a world where each human being has enough food and enough respect. Where every human being can shout, “It is wonderful to be in this world.”
Bringing about the Kingdom of God
The commission to bring the Kingdom of God to all is the call to spread the word, reaching out to others in love, locally and globally. As we move on from our local parish school into a range of secondary schools we can take with us an important message we have learnt during our first seven years of schooling:
Christ is present in others even when we don’t recognise him.
We are encouraged to act locally, to see the worth, and to recognise Christ, in those around us, while also being made aware of the injustices in the wider world; and our role in effecting change.