A House Blessing

Bless this house, O Lord I pray
Protect it from all evil way.
Bless the folk who call it home
A refuge safe for them alone.

Place around these walls your light
Your warring hosts of power and might.
Against this house may none prevail
And noone in it, lose, or fail.

To you, O Lord, all glory be
Both now and for eternity.
This house we leave with you alone
Till heaven call its people home.


© 1999, Doreen Palmer

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