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Blessed are those who have mercy
Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts
The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day.

There was a man who had two sons
Working with him in the house they grew
After his death all that he had
Was to be divided between the two.

The younger son said to his father
Give me now my share of what you own
Soon after that he took what he received
And went far away to live on his own.

He spent his money by living in sin
With youth who came to have fun with him
Not long after, he lost all he had
The future seemed so gloomy and grim.

Blessed are those who have mercy...

A famine came throughout the land
His friends left him when the money was gone
He looked for a job to feed himself
For a long time he could not find one.

At last he got a job on a pig farm
And gladly shared of what the swine ate
Sorrow and pain soon filled his heart
Lonely and sad he became, what a fate!

He said to himself that was a mistake
To leave my loving father at home
I was living in comfort and peace
Now I am an outcast, the land I roam.

Blessed are those who have mercy...

The servants in my father's house
Have better food than I have to eat
I hardly can live on the swine's food
In my father's home living was sweet.

I wish I could go now back home
And tell him in the past we didn't get along
I sinned against you and heaven
I know now that I have done you wrong.

Please take me back, I beg of you
I lost everything and have no place to go
Consider me a servant in your home
A son I don't deserve to be, I know.

Blessed are those who have mercy...


When the son left the father was sad
Wondering always what was his son's fate
He was hoping to see him once again
For long hours he would sit by the gate.

The father saw his son from afar
Coming home tired and walking slow
He ran, embraced and hugged his boy
And said, "Come to me, I missed you so."

The son then cried, "I'm not worthy
I do not deserve in your sight to stand
I sinned against you and heaven
Please take me as a hired hand."

The father said,"You're my flesh and blood
You'll always be to me a son."
He ordered for him to get new shoes
A ring for his finger, a robe to put on.

"A fattened calf we shall eat today
Let joy and happiness in this home abound
My son was dead and now is alive
To me he was lost, but now is found."

Blessed are those who have mercy...

The eldest son with his father was upset
And said to him with eyes full of tears
"You are unfair to your good son
You gave me nothing throughout the years.

Your prodigal son wasted his share
While I worked for you like a slave
For him a feast you have prepared
A goat for my friends you never gave."

The father said, "All I have is yours
I appreciate you're always here
Please understand a father's heart
You are both to my heart so dear."

"God always calls those who drift and say
My arms to you are open and wide
Even if you're lost and call on Me
You'll always find me by your side."

Blessed are those who have mercy ...