Noche

For your church, waiting for you in the dark
For your people, praying for you as they keep the dawn
We beg you, We beg you

For the pagan nations
Who thirst for you unknowingly
Have mercy, have mercy

For the oppressed peoples
For totalitarianism
And the oppression of lies

For those persecuted for your name
Who hide to pray
And for those taken from their homes
For their persecutors, blinded by hatred
Forgive them, Father, they do not know what they do

For those who do not love us
For those we do not know how to love
For those who suffer and agonize and sleep in the hospital today
For those for whom tonight is their last night
And whose eyes will not see the new day
Have mercy, have mercy

For all those tempted by suicide
For those willing to let evil win
For those whose nights are endless
And to whom anguish has taken away peace

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy

For those who work in prostitution
And are forced to sell their love
For those who fall into the trap of vice and drugs

For those sleeping in prison today
For those awaiting their execution today
For those being tortured

For criminals, for thieves
For those who wander in loneliness
For those suffering the indifference of others

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy

For the city, for all its inhabitants
Who in their dreams, only You exist
For our deceased, who have not yet seen your face
For those distant among the crowd

For the children resting in their mother's womb
For the women about to give birth
So that your peace reigns in every home
For those who want to satisfy your thirst for love

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy

Have mercy, Have mercy, Have mercy
Have mercy, Have mercy, Have mercy
Have mercy, Have mercy, Have mercy
Have mercy, Lord, Have mercy