FATHER, WITHIN THY HOUSE DODAY

Father, within thy house today\nWe wait thy kindly love to see:\nSince thou hast said in truth that they\nWho dwell in love are one with thee,\nBless those who for thy blessing wait;\nTheir love accept and consecrate.\n2. Dear Lord of love, whose heart of fire,\nSo full of pity for our sin,\nWas once in that divine desire\nBroken, thy bride to woo and win,\nLook down and bless them from above,\nAnd keep their hearts alight with love.\n3. Blest Spirit, who with life and light\nDidst quicken chaos to thy praise,\nWhose energy, in sin’s despite,\nStill lifts our nature up to grace,\nBless those who here in troth consent,\nCreator, crown thy sacrament.\n4. Great One in three, of whom are named\nAll families in earth and heaven,\nHear us, who have thy promise claimed,\nAnd let a wealth of grace be given;\nGrant them in life and death to be\nEach knit to each, and both to thee.