March 8: Sound of Freedom Prayer

What is the sound of freedom at a time

when freedoms are being limited and curtailed?

What is the sound of justice at a time

when justice and accountability are scorned?

What is the sound of compassion and caring

when the roar of fear and anger is all around?

Let us take a moment of hushed silence

to listen for the sound of freedom,

the sound of justice, the sound of that which calls us

toward compassion and love.

May we pause throughout the course of our lives

for moments of hushed silence from which

there might emerge the commitment to act

in solidarity with all who suffer, all who are oppressed,

all who yearn for justice in unjust times.

Amen!

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