EXODUS RITES

 Closing Rite
     Leader:   We stand before the up-againstness in life.
     Group:    We stand before the possibility and hope in life.
     Leader:   Our hope is in our decision to embrace all that is,
         as that out of which our life will come.
     Group:    We decide if death is life, and if life is death.
         We will create a human world by deciding to live
         the life we have for the sake of humanity.