The
following is a reflection read at the November ‘Preparation for Holy Communion
Mass’ and some people were asking for the script.
Standing
on the Shoulders
I am standing on the shoulders of the
ones who came before me
I am stronger for their courage, I am
wiser for their words
I am lifted by their longing for a fair
and brighter future
I am grateful for their vision, for
their toiling on this Earth
We are standing on the shoulders of the
ones who came before us.
They are saints and they are humans,
they are angels, they are friends.
We can see beyond the struggles and the
troubles and the challenges when we know that by our efforts things will be
better in the end.
They lift me higher than I could ever
fly
carrying my burdens away.
I imagine our world if they hadn’t
tried.
We wouldn’t be here celebrating today.
I am standing on the shoulders of the
ones who came before me.
I am honoured by their passion for our
liberty.
I will stand a little taller, I will
work a little longer.
And my shoulders will be there to hold
the ones who follow me.
They lift me higher than I could ever
fly
carrying my burdens away.
I imagine our world if they hadn’t
tried.
We wouldn’t be so very blessed today.
(Joyce
Johnson Rouse)