Put Peace into Each Other’s Hands by Fred Kaan

September 26, 2021

Put peace into each other’s hands
and like a treasure hold it;
protect it like a candle flame,
with tenderness enfold it.

Put peace into each other’s hands
with loving expectation;
be gentle in your words and ways,
in touch with God’s creation.

Put peace into each other’s hands,
like bread we break for sharing;
look people warmly in the eye:
our life is meant for caring.

Put Christ into each other’s hands
to share love’s deepest measure;
in love make peace, give peace a chance
and share it like a treasure.

-Fred Kaan (1929 – 2009)