A member of my congregation has translated the benediction we say each Sunday into Spanish (the English version is at that link). He’s an excellent linguist, fluent in German and English as well as his native Spanish, accomplished in French also, and with a poet’s ear for language. This coming Sunday some of us will say our benediction in Spanish, some in English, and some both, at the close of our Flower Communion service:
Vete en paz al mundo
Mantén tu valentía
Sostén lo bueno con firmeza
No pagues maldad con maldad
Fortalece a los frágiles de corazón
Apoya a los débiles
Auxilia a los que sufren
Goza de la belleza
Expresa amor con palabra y acción
Honra a todos los seres.
Thank you, G.!
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May 5, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Pamela Anderegg
For those of us who aren’t linguists, please translate this! Many thanks Pamela
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Sermons in Stones wrote:
> Amy Zucker Morgenstern posted: “A member of my congregation who is an > excellent linguist has translated the benediction we say each Sunday into > Spanish. He’s an excellent linguist, fluent in German and English as well > as his native Spanish, accomplished in French also, and with a poet’s” >
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May 5, 2016 at 8:14 pm
Amy Zucker Morgenstern
Ah, it’s in the earlier post I linked to. It goes like this:
Go out into the world in peace
Be of good courage
Hold fast to what is good
Return no one evil for evil
Strengthen the faint-hearted
Support the weak
Help the suffering
Rejoice in beauty
Speak love with word and deed
Honor all beings.
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March 10, 2017 at 12:08 am
New-to-us benediction | Sermons in Stones
[…] Update: we now have a Spanish translation. […]
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