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My entire life's quest has been for spiritual integration and this quest led me ultimately to Christ in whom there is no East or West, no North, no South, no Black, no white, no red, or yellow, no Jew nor Gentile, no Islam or Buddha, no Baptist, Methodist, Episcopalian, Roman Catholic, or Eastern Orthodox.
Pauli Murray Carolinian
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Sermon at her first Eucharist as an Episcopal priest, Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, February 13, 1977
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But more than irony marked that moment. Whatever future ministry I might have as priest, it was given to me that day to be a symbol of healing.
I have come to fulfill that promise but in my eyes the great nation is the American nation neither Black nor white but all colors living freely to be able to express themselves as children of God.
My feeling is that if this country is to survive, we must live together in harmony and we must live together in a spirit of harmony, you can call it brotherhood or whatnot. We cannot survive as a divided country. Therefore, there is a need for people to be involved with and concerned about reconciliation even as we are working on liberation.