Let us remember that the reason that we had yesterday off from school and work was to honor the heroic work carried out by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other courageous men and women to bring about equality and justice in our country.
As such, let us be inspired by the work and words of this great man. As Fr. Stephan Brown, SVD, proclaimed during a homily on January 15, 2017: "Let us be drum majors for justice. Let us be drum majors for peace. Let us be drum majors for righteousness."
There is still good work to be done. Let us be the people to do it.
Seared by the flames
Withering injustice
Crippled by manacles
Restricted by chains
A lonely island of poverty
A dark and desolate valley
Quicksands, sweltering summers, storms, winds - whirlwinds
A mountain of despair.
But,
Let us not wallow there
Up let us rise
to the sunlight path, the majestic height,
the palace of invigoration
shaking the foundations
Until that day
The day we cash the check
Drink from the cup
And satisfy our thirst.
This long night of captivity will end
Doors will be opened
The discord, transformed
And the symphony of churches,
pointing their lofty spires heavenward,
will once again ring out...
