O thou who art the Shepherd of all the scattered sheep, who lovest all thy lost ones on every mountain steep, create in us a yearning for those whom thou dost seek, the hopeless and the burdened, the helpless and the weak. We would be thy disciples and all the hungry feed, nor seek our own salvation apart from other's need. These, Father, are thy children thou sendest us to find; help us by deeds of mercy to show that thou art kind. Awake in us compassion, O Lord of life divine; create in us thy spirit; give us a love like thine. Help us to seek thy kingdom that cometh from above, and in thy great salvation, show forth thy boundless love.