"May One Flee From a Deadly Plague", written in 1527 by Martin Luther

written by Martin Luther, 1527, in reaction to the Black Death epidemic

"I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me, however, I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely as stated above..."


sent this morning in an eMail by Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber