Too Many Places Empty

I thought I saw, on Instagram, a quote saying that what George Floyd’s family really wanted was not Derek Chauvin convicted, but George Floyd home, sharing dinner with them. I can’t find the quote now. But the idea is what inspired this. To the tune PASSION CHORALE (“Oh Sacred Head Surrounded”):

Too many places empty
around our tables, now,
though here we dwell in plenty
where bread and wine abound.
Our brothers are prevented;
our sisters are cut down.
O God of righteous sentence,
where is your justice found?

The mothers weep who bore them
into a world of woes—
Your cup of healing pour them
until it overflows!
You set this feast before them
in sight of all their foes;
O God, come stand here for them
'til streams of justice flow!

Your table laid in heaven
has seats enough to fill:
Lord, gather all our brethren
and let them feast there still.
Cast out the impure leaven
that drives us on to kill;
O God, give us repentance
and bend us to your will!