Sunday
September 4
Grace
By Marsh Chapel
There will be no sermon text this week, but see below for Dean Hill’s Invocation for Matriculation, 2011.
We bring forward our thanks today,
For the study of medicine, dentistry, physical therapy
Whose fruit is public health
For the study of law
Whose fruit is justice
For the study of management, business and economics
Whose fruit is community
For the study of art—music, dance, drama, all
Whose fruit is beauty
For the study of communication
Whose fruit is truth
For the study of engineering
Whose fruit is expanding safety
For the liberal, metropolitan and general study of art and science
Whose fruit is freedom
For the study of hospitality
Whose fruit is conviviality
For the study of education
Whose fruit is memory and hope
For the study of military and physical education
Whose fruit are security and strength
For the study of social work
Whose fruit is compassion
For the study of theology
Whose fruit is meaning
In this year may the 40,000 member city of Boston University—students, faculty, administrators, staff, alumni, neighbors all—become, by grace:
healthier, more just, more connected, fairer, truer, sturdier, freer, gentler, deeper, safer, more compassionate, and more aware
O Thou who loves us into love and frees us into freedom.
Amen.
