ATTACHMENT 3-4A
Reading
Adrienne Rich: All I Cannot Save
Excerpt from Natural Resources in The Dream of a Common Language, (Norton, 1978), p. 67.
My heart is moved by all I cannot save
So much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those, who, age after age,
Perversely, with no extraordinary
Power, reconstitute the world.
ATTACHMENT 3-4B
Responsive Reading
A Prayer of Sorrow
From the U.N. Environmental Sabbath Program.
LEADER:
We have forgotten who we are. We have alienated ourselves from the unfolding of the cosmos.
ALL:
We have become estranged from the movements of the earth. We have turned our backs on the cycles of life.
LEADER:
We have sought only our own security; we have exploited simply for our own ends; we have distorted our knowledge; we have abused our power.
ALL:
Now the land is barren, and the waters are poisoned, and the air is polluted.
LEADER:
Now the forests are dying, and the creatures are disappearing, and the humans are despairing.
ALL:
We ask forgiveness.
We ask for the gift of remembering.
We ask for the strength to change.