From Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, 1963:
“As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.
We cannot turn back.” “With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope . . . .”
“With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together . . . .”
“With this faith we will be able . . . to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day . . . . Let freedom ring!”
Responsive Reading for Sunday, January 20
“Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths” (Luke 3: 4).
“As we walk, we must
make the pledge that
we shall always march ahead.
We cannot turn back.”
“Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low” (Luke 3:5).
“With this faith we will be able
to hew out of the mountain
of despair a stone of hope . . . .”
“The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth” (Luke 3:5).
“With this faith we will be able
to work together, to pray together . . . .”
“. . . and all flesh shall see the salvation of God” (Luke 3:6).
“With this faith we will be able . . .
to stand up for freedom together,
knowing that we will be free one day . . . .
Let freedom ring!”