Mother and God
Mother and God, to you we sing;
wide is your womb, warm is your wing.
In you we live, move, and are fed
sweet, flowing milk, life giving bread.
Mother and God, to you we bring
all broken hearts, all broken things.
Miriam Therese Winter
Is this not the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the throngs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and to bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them,
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
your vindication shall go before you,
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.
The Lord will guide you continually,
and satisfy your needs in parched places,
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters never fail.
Hebrew Scripture, Isaiah 58:6-9, 11
I have found powerful love among my sisters, I have shredded every veil
and still believe in them.
Alice Walker, Hard Times Require Furious Dancing
