Tune: Diademata
(\'Crown Him with many crowns\')
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Christ, homelessness did know
An inn-keeper did show
A stable, manger, at His birth
Yet still there joy and mirth
For He the Saviour born
Upon first Christmas morn
Mary, Joseph, and animals
Looked out from pens and stalls
And in His life at times
Were unsettled the rhymes
Not cosy, easy, comforting
Though life He did all bring
Look on your world, Lord, see
Where true homelessness be
And grant your aid, direct, inspire
To meet needs of the hour
Lighten with your light pure
Illuminate us sure
To seek for justice and for right
Each precious in your sight
Rich in their mansions high
And poor, not far, but nigh
How comes to each estate, you know
And their current life so
Helping vulnerable
And poor, may we hear call
To do what we can in your name
Not to accuse or blame
For all life\'s areas
You know, share in their cares
In your love, basic dignity
To each human there be