I And My Father Are One

Like a river that runs to the ocean
Like a ray reaching out from the sun
Like the leaf and the vine, the grape and the wine
I and my Father are one
And may each of us claim it as truly
As the man who we heard was His son
And may each of us know in the depths of his soul
I and my Father are one
One in beauty, one in truth
One in the asking, one in the proof
One in time and one in space
One in the goodness that flows from His grace
Though our fears may estrange and divide us
May we seek to dissolve them through love
We are sister and brother, each bound to the other
And one with our Father above
One in purpose, one in power
One in the moment, one with a flower
One in kindness, one in peace
One in the Mind that foresees our release
Like a seedling that grows in the forest
Like the light shining forth from the sun
Like a branch and the tree, a drop and the sea
A hymn and the choir, a flame and the fire
I and my Father are one