We Call Them Here - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

“Give us your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses, yearning…”
We call them here
hope in these words
of welcome, of opportunity
that gate which we herald
this land different

Yet we are struggling
economic misery
jobs unavailable
fearing out neighbor
those who came
seeking that opportunity
but who didn’t stand in line

Some solution needed
some kind of justice
for our neighbor in the ditch
of just trying to get by
who believe in this place
as much as you and I

July 9, 2010
Isaiah 58: Solidarity Vigil for Arizona
http://changetakesfaith.org/
&
Luke 10:29-37
Luke 10:25-28
Luke 10:25-37
The Good Samaritan
&
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Alive Now Daily Reflections
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/daily-reflections/daily-reflections-for-july-5-11/
for July 5, 2010 to July 11, 2010
by Nancy Ferguson (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for July 7, 2010
July 7, 2010
&
Luke 10:25-28
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Alive Now Daily Reflections
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/daily-reflections/daily-reflections-for-july-5-11/
for July 5, 2010 to July 11, 2010
by Nancy Ferguson (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for July 5, 2010
read July 6, 2010, reread July 7, 2010
&
Give us your tired, your poor

The hope of America, in the words of liberty
the hope of a new life, in freedom
“Give us your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses, yearning…”

All of them, praying, hoping,
for the abundance of freedom
freedom from want, from oppression
from tyranny of all kinds

That we would be for the world that same beacon
that we would offer that refuge
that land of opportunity
this land of plenty

No one should be hungry,
in this connected world,
none should have that fear of starvation,
of privation any longer

The storehouses should be emptied
hope given in the bread, the water
the essentials of life given
out of our bounty

None should know hunger, poverty
all should give, and all should receive
so all will never know need again
On this day, this is my prayer.

October 14, 2008
Acts 2:43-47
Acts 4:32-35
and lines from the poem, “The New Colossus”,
about the Statue of Liberty, by Emma Lazarus
October 15, 2008
Blog Action Day, poverty

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