So you shall love what is holy........

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>Fw: So you shall love what is holy........

>Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:03:05 -0700

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>It's taken from the old testament and written by a Jewish liturgist and

>Irwin shared it at the Interfaith meeting yesterday for our closing.

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>So you shall love what is holy

>with all your courage, with all your passion,

>with all your strength.

>Let the words that have come down

>shine in our words and our actions.

>We must teach our children

>to know and understand them.

>We must speak about what is good and holy

>within our homes,

>when we are working, when we are at play,

>when we lie down, and when we get up.

>Let the work of your hands speak them.

>Let your eyes shine and see with their knowledge.

>Let them run in your blood

>and glow from your doors and windows.

>We should love ourselves, for we are of God.

>We should love our neighbors as ourselves.

>We should love the stanger,

>for we were once strangers in the land of Egypt

>and have been strangers in all the lands

>of the world since.

>Let love fill our hearts with its clear precious water

>for all loving with whom we share the water of life.

>Heaven and earth observe how we cherish

>or spoil our world.

>Heaven and earth watch whether

>we choose life or choose death.

>We must choose life so that we

>and our children's children may live.

>We must love the source of being and the power of life.

>Be quiet and listen to the still small voice within

>that speaks in love.

>Open to it, hear it, heed it and work for life.

>Let us remember and strive to be good.

>Let us remember to find what is holy within and without.

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>Marge Piercy

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