When I come in the guise
of the needy, the helpless,
the cold and the hungry,
the stranger, the lonely
will you look away?
What will you do?
What will you say?
When I come close to home
in the need of your neighbour,
at times inconvenient
in places and faces
that mask and conceal me....
What will you do?
What will you say?
When I come in the message
of prophet and preacher,
in truths inescapable
or words that dismay,
will you listen to me
and give me a welcome?