HOPE for a world
grown cynically cold,
Hungry for power
and greedy for gold...
FAITH to believe
when within and without
There's a nameless fear
in a world of doubt...
LOVE that is bigger
than race or creed,
To cover the world
and fulfil each need...
God, grant these gifts
Of Faith, Hope and Love
Three things this world
Has so little of...
For only these gifts
From Our Father above
Can turn man's sins
From hatred to love!
Helen Steiner Rice