Graduate Prayer

We pledge to walk together and be youth
determined to bring about new time.
And then all that has divided us will merge.
And then compassion will be webbed to power.
And then softness will come to a world
         that is harsh and unkind.
And then both men and women will be gentle.
And then both men and women will  be strong.
And then no person will be subject to another’s will.
And then all will be rich and free and varied.
And then the greed of some will give way to the needs of many.
And then all will share equally in the earth’s abundance.
And then all will care for the sick and the weak and the old.
And then all will nourish the young.
And then all will cherish life’s creatures.
And then all will live in harmony
with each other and the earth.
And then everywhere will be called Eden once again.