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UMOJA
(UNITY)
We will work for
unity among all people and focus our mission to right the wrongs of division
based on beliefs of superiority and inferiority because Jesus is Prince of
Peace!
RESPONSE:
Work with us
Jesus to respect life, because life is sacred and we are because God is!
KUJICHAGULIA
(SELF-DETERMINATION)
We will know and
live as who we are and whose we are, instead of being determined and defined
by and for others because Jesus is God-Hero!
RESPONSE:
Work with us
Jesus to respect life, because life is sacred and we are because God is!
UJIMA
(COLLECTIVE WORK AND
RESPONSIBILITY)
We will build a
spirit and a conscience to share our problems, lighten each other's burdens,
and maintain our communities because Jesus is Mighty Counselor!
RESPONSE:
Work with us
Jesus to respect life, because life is sacred and we are because God is!
UJAMAA
(COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS)
We will use our
resources wisely, building and maintaining businesses and using products,
which uphold our dignity as persons and provide profit, which benefits our
communities because Jesus is Wonder-Worker!
RESPONSE:
Work with us
Jesus to respect life, because life is sacred and we are because God is!
NIA
(PURPOSE)
We will follow
His calling to love and serve others so that we may restore our people to
the greatness of those generations who have gone before us because Jesus is
Son Forever!
RESPONSE:
Work with us
Jesus to respect life, because life is sacred and we are because God is!
KUUMBA
(CREATIVITY)
We will find new
ways and rekindle old ways to make our communities and our lives more
beautiful each day of our lives because Jesus is the Anointed One!
RESPONSE:
Work with us
Jesus to respect life, because life is sacred and we are because God is!
IMANI
(FAITH)
We will remain
faithful to His ways to uphold our people in all walks of life with
righteousness in His name’s sake because Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us!
RESPONSE:
Work with us
Jesus to respect life, because life is sacred and we are because God is!
NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE
KWANZAA FOR
LIFE
2003
(December 26, 2003
through January 1, 2004)
Let Us Also
Offer The Following Prayers:
♦The
Lord's Prayer
♦The Marian Prayer: Hail Mary
♦Psalm 27 (The Lord is my light and my
salvation…)
♦Kwanzaa for Life Prayer - O come all you
faithful, rejoicing and victorious! Come, let us adore the Lord of life and
goodness, as we celebrate Kwanzaa and the African American heritage. Come
and give thanks and praise for the journey. Jesus, by your mercy, grant us
the grace to cherish this life. Guide us to uphold the dignity and respect
of life from the moment of conception to its natural end at death. Lead us
to be to true to our nature as you created us. We ask these things because
we have our roots in the divine origin of Creator, Savior, and Sanctifier,
Jesus our Lord. Amen. AMEN
Jesus, be our light,
In the midst of night,
Let not faithless fear o'ertake us,
Let not faith and hope forsake us;
May we feel you near
As we worship here.
Jesus, still lead on
'Til our rest be won:
If you lead us through rough places,
Grant us your redeeming graces.
When our course is o'er,
Open heaven's door.
Closing song....”GO
TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN”
National Black
Catholic Apostolate for Life - Kwanzaa for Life 2003 composed by James P.
Newson, Jr. — NBCAL ©
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