Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters Volume 4, Issues 1 & 2 | Page 75

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KUSUMITA P. PEDERSEN

THE VISION OF RABBI AMNON
Today
In heaven God opens the Book of Remembrance.
The shofar sounds and a still, small voice is heard.
Even the angels tremble, saying, “All will be judged:
Those who walk the earth and the heavenly hosts.”
Now before Your Throne passes all that lives
Like a flock of sheep gathered in by the shepherd.
Your all-seeing Eye discerns their life and death.
The destiny of each is written by his own hand.
Compassion and truth are Your foundations.
Your wait with justice, and with forgiveness.
Therefore
In our death, still
There is Your Life.
In our ashes, still
There is Your Presence.
In our anguish, still
There is Your Hope.
In our dust, still
There is Your Breath.

Based on Untane Tokef,
Liturgy for Yom Kippur

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