Snippet
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
MARTIN NIEMÖLLER: "FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE SOCIALISTS..."
Scripture
Fear gripped me,
and my bones trembled.
A spirit[a] swept past my face,
and my hair stood on end.
The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape.
There was a form before my eyes.
In the silence I heard a voice say,
‘Can a mortal be innocent before God?
Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’ Job 4:14-17 NLT
Song
The Sound Of Silence by Disturbed
(originally by Simon & Garfunkel)
https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4?list=RDu9Dg-g7t2l4
Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools," said I, "You do not know:
Silence, like a cancer, grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
And the words that it was forming
And the sign said,
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whispered in the sound of silence
Sentence Prayer
God have mercy-on your children! Silence for injustice! Silence for the apathy! Silence for the destruction! Holy Father; send a fierce prophet who is not silent and calls your children to repentance and love! Amen
