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Come let us worship the Lord with gladness, let us raise our voices to the God who is the refuge of the humble and the lowly, the God of justice and righteousness.

The God who opposes the ritual and worship of the oppressor of the poor. He is the God of the destitute and the homeless.

He is the God who affirms the rights of the needy and the marginalized sections and despises the burnt offerings of those who promote injustice.

Come let us worship the Messiah, Jesus Christ, the champion and the liberator of the poor and the outcast.

He is a poor peasant like us.

He was homeless and rejected like our peasant community.

He is a fisherman and many of his disciples were fishermen.

He understands our struggles and our pain.

Come let us beseech him to deliver us from the snares of our oppressor and let us seek his presence in our midst.

—From Isaiah 59, Amos 5:21-24