We Are Called…

I had a nice visit with mom on Saturday night. I used the tablet again to carry on conversation with her due to her diminished hearing. She was happy for the company as usual. I brought her up to date after my jury duty, telling her about the criminal trial, but leaving out some of the gory details. Then I remembered something that happened in church last weekend when singing the closing song, and I related that story to her as well.

The closing song was We Are Called by David Haas. I almost didn't make it through the lyrics and started tearing up as I sang. I thought about the twin six-year-old girls who were the victims in the jury trial. The lyrics replayed in my mind…

Come, live in the light!
Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord
We are called to be light for the Kingdom,
to live in the freedom of the city of God!

We are called to act with justice.

We are called to love tenderly. 

We are called to serve one another,

To walk humbly with God.

Come! Open your heart!

Show your mercy to all those in fear!

We are called to be hope for the hopeless,

so all hatred and blindness will be no more!

We are called to act with justice. 

We are called to love tenderly. 

We are called to serve one another,

To walk humbly with God.

To me, that song was confirmation that God indeed tapped each of us jury members on the shoulder to be on that trial and bring justice for those twin girls and their family. I pray we brought them hope and they live in fear no more. Now if the rest of the world could love tenderly, serve one another, and walk humbly with God, we could stop the hatred and it WOULD be no more. If only...

[Here is a rendition of We Are Called sung by the Notre Dame Folk Choir you might enjoy.]