Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING OF PSALM 137 (FIRST READER ONLY)

Plunge into the ocean of love,/

Where the heart meets heart,/

Where sorrows are comforted/

And wound are mended./

There, melodies of sadness mingle with songs of joy./

Past fears dissolve,/

Eternal moments, lived in total surrender,/

Glide smoothly over troubled waters./

Awaken, O my heart, that I drown not in fear./

Too long have I sailed where the winds have blown./

Drop anchor!/

Heart of all hearts/

Guide me to the promised shore./