Thou shalt love the Lord thy God

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, 
With all thy heart, with all thy mind, 
With all thy soul, with all thy strength.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like namely this:
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments
hang all the laws and all the Prophets.

Jesus, these words of yours we hear
At this good Christmas time.
We try to keep them and obey, 
for peace to reign sublime.

The Prophets foretold of your birth
You came on Earth a man,
You grew to make peace and unite
Where sin and hatred ran.

The law was simple
With God’s help from above
The two commandments really show
That we need seek for love.