Salutation #32
(One Heart, One People, One Destiny)
Peace be with you.
My fellow Filipino compatriots,
in the Final Accounting of all things,
it shall be shown and made known to to All
that
we are a nation distinct
but not apart from all our other kindred nations -
a human nation, allied to the kindred peace
of all the other nations of our one family of nations.
We are a nation,
my brothers and sisters of the Promise,
and so it is as a nation
that we shall be held responsible
by both heaven and earth before the God of all heaven and earth.
As a nation, O my people,
we are by our individualities, families, tribes, communities and generations
bound by one heart, one labor, and one destiny.
We are thus called, as citizens to each other,
according to our fidelity to the truths of our nationhood,
to make a shelter for our generations -
the shelter of Country - a home away from Home for all living beings.
As a nation,
we shall rise or fall upon the void of the unknown earth
according to the one peace of our peoples
and the one economy of our generations
to the very last of our generations.
As a nation,
we shall build upon this world,
the kindred peace of Country
to the glory of Almighty God in heaven,