Witnesses of Hope
With the sum of my efforts falling short although I tried
And I looked to the heights of where I could one day arrive
It was like a door wide open
To lead me back to hope / to teach me trust.
Then I looked at my friend and said, ‘Why don’t you dare to dream?’
If you looked at the world with courage, then what would it seem?
Tell me why you wait forever to draw the line
For the ultimate fight.
WHY NOT CHANGE THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN?
HUMANITY WAITS FOR US TO LIFT UP OUR VOICE.
SO WHY DON’T WE LEAVE ALL OF THE DOUBT BEHIND?
AND NOT BE AFRAID TO HOPE IN THE POWER OF HIS LOVE
For the love which we hope so firmly in is You, O Lord.
And the only thing that can fill us calls us to go beyond.
Only in a love eternal
our hearts can be at rest, being more.
There is no reason for me not to know who I truly am,
or what is this burning hope that knocked and knocked again
at the depths asleep inside me.
At last it came out, and awoke in a shout.
WHY NOT CHANGE THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN
IF HUMANITY WAITS FOR US TO LIFT UP OUR VOICE?
SO WHY DON’T WE LEAVE ALL OF THE DOUBT BEHIND
AND NOT BE AFRAID TO HOPE,
IN THE LOVE WHICH SUSTAINS THE CONQUEST FOR
LIVING THE TRUE LIFE IN CHRIST OUR LORD,
IN THE HOPE OF ARRIVING ONCE AND FOR ALL
AT THE GLORY OF TRUTH.
WHY NOT CHANGE THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN
IF HUMANITY WAITS FOR US TO LIFT UP OUR VOICE?
SO WHY DON’T WE LEAVE ALL OF THE DOUBT BEHIND
AND NOT BE AFRAID TO HOPE IN THE POWER OF HIS LOVE.