Scripture

1 Corinthians 15:28 (NIV)

When he has done this,

then the Son himself will be made subject

to him who put everything under him,

so that God may be all in all.

Refrain

I am caught up in something larger than myself.

Quote

Thomas Merton, from No Man Is an Island

"We do not exist for ourselves alone,

and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact

that we begin to love ourselves properly

and thus also love others.

What do I mean by loving ourselves properly?

I mean, first of all, desiring to live,

accepting life as a very great gift and a great good,

not because of what it gives us,

but because of what it enables us to give to others."

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Scripture

John 17:21 (NIV)

"…that all of them may be one,

Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.

May they also be in us

so that the world may believe

that you have sent me."

Refrain

We are all in this together.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

When we carry our small suffering in solidarity with the one universal longing of all humanity, it helps keep us from self-pity or self-preoccupation. We know that we are all in this together, and it is just as hard for everybody else.

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Scripture

Colossians 1:24 (NIV)

Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you,

and I fill up in my flesh

what is still lacking

in regard to Christ's afflictions,

for the sake of his body,

which is the church.

Refrain

My suffering is held within something larger.

Quote

Etty Hillesum, from An Interrupted Life

"Living and dying, sorrow and joy...

it is all as one in me,

and I accept it all as one mighty whole...

I wish I could live for a long time

so that one day I may know how to explain it...

And that is why I must try to live

a good and faithful life to my last breath:

so that those who come after me

do not have to start all over again,

need not face the same difficulties.

Isn't that doing something for future generations?"

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Scripture

Ephesians 4:4, 7 (NIV)

There is one body and one Spirit,

just as you were called

to one hope when you were called.

But to each one of us

grace has been given

as Christ apportioned it.

Refrain

I am because we are.

Quote

Desmond Tutu, from Ubuntu: On the Nature of Human Community

"A person is a person through other persons.

None of us comes into the world fully formed.

We would not know how to think, or walk, or speak,

or behave as human beings

unless we learned it from other human beings.

We need other human beings in order to be human.

I am because of other people."

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Scripture

Galatians 6:15 (NIV)

Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.

Refrain

God saves by loving and including.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"God is the ultimate nonviolent one, so we dare not accept any theory of salvation that is based on violence, exclusion, social pressure, or moral coercion. When we do, these are legitimated as a proper way of life. God saves by loving and including, not by excluding or punishing."

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Scripture

Philippians 3:10 (NIV)

I want to know Christ — yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.

Refrain

I love God as much as I love the person I love the least.

Quote

Dorothy Day

"I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least."

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Scripture

Ephesians 3:8–10 (NIV)

8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of Godshould be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms

Refrain

I hold what cannot yet be resolved.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"Following Jesus is a vocation to share the fate of God for the life of the world. To allow what God for some reason allows — and uses. And to suffer ever so slightly what God suffers eternally."

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