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Liturgical Songs

The Wayward Child

Liturgical Use: General/Lent
Text:  John Kassen
Tune: “He Leadeth Me” by William Bradbury
Meter: (L.M. with Refrain)
Contemporary Tune: Mark Lockwood (hopefully)

The Wayward Child

 The wayward child, a prodigal,
Comes home repentant, filled with grief.
He’s squandered his inheritance
But begs his father for reprieve.

Refrain: A Father’s love forgives His child
And welcomes him back home again.
A Father’s joy restores His child
And her salvation He sustains.

 When wayward sons – and daughters, too,
Turn in repentance, filled with grief,
Sensing the painful hurt of sin,
They simply trust God’s full reprieve. (Refrain)

Upon His Son, the Crucified,
The Father’s wrath is placed with grief,
That on His child – the one baptized –
The Father grants His just reprieve.  (Refrain)

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