Third Sunday in Ordinary Time • Year B
“And if you still will follow through storm and wave and shoal,
then I will make you fishers, but of the human soul.”
– You Walk along Our Shoreline; Gather 4 #873
“You Walk Along Our Shoreline” has a lovely melody, to be sure, but the real star here are the lyrics by Sylvia Dunstan. Her writing has a way of cutting to the heart of the matter, with lyrics that are simple but so genuine you cannot help but feel them. She encourages us to be fishers, yes, but to “not fish for only those whose lives we think have worth,” “to work for love and justice,” and to “learn to hope through pain.” I pray that we truly take those words to heart, “so that all may be one.”
–Sidran Olson
Tercer Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario • Año B
“Y si aun así me sigues a través de la tormenta, la ola y el banco de arena, entonces los haré pescadores, pero del alma humana”
– You Walk along Our Shoreline; Gather 4 #873
“You Walk Along Our Shoreline” tiene una melodía preciosa, sin duda, pero la verdadera estrella es la letra de los cantos de Sylvia Dunstan. Las letras de sus cantos son sencillas pero tan genuinas que no puedes evitar sentirlas. Nos anima a ser pescadores, sí, pero a “no pescar sólo a aquellos cuyas vidas creemos que valen la pena”, a “trabajar por el amor y la justicia” y a “aprender a esperar a través del dolor”. Rezo para que realmente nos tomemos a pecho esas palabras, “para que todos seamos uno”.
–Sidran Olson