I know a pastor who won’t allow Marty Haugen’s “All Are Welcome” to be sung in his parish—because he’s very firm that not all are welcome. He’s even got a list, rather like that of the Mikado, and he can give you chapter and verse about who’s not welcome and why.

That kind of attitude would seem to fly in the face of Pope Francis’s many examples, as when, on his first Holy Thursday as pope, he washed the feet of prisoners, even Muslims (gasp!), even a female! (What’s the world coming to?) Such exclusive mindsets are certainly incongruent with today’s passage from Ephesians: “All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all malice.” And in case the church at Ephesus didn’t get the message, the apostle added, “And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.”

At the Baptist Church in Charleston, where a white supremacist slew nine people studying scripture, members responded with tearful understanding and hard-won forgiveness. That’s what we’re supposed to be and do.

Most music planning guides will give you a plethora of “bread” songs for today. You’ve already got enough of those. Look instead for songs that speak of forgiveness, reconciliation, and understanding—because the peace that everyone desires comes as a result of these qualities, not as a cause.

Look at the Dameans’ “Remember Your Love” and Frederick Faber’s classic, “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy.” Sebastian Temple’s classic “Prayer of St. Francis” is also found in indexes as “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace.”

And don’t forget “All Are Welcome.”