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Debt Forgiveness Referendum

Dialogue: “Forgive Us Our Debts”

G.I. Joe:
Bono, they’re gonna call you crazy again. You know that, right? The bankers, the politicians — they’ll say debt is the lifeblood of the global economy. Without it, they’ll say, the whole system dies.

Bono:
Aye, I’ve heard that sermon before, mate. But I also heard another one — from a carpenter who said something different. Every day, millions pray, “forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Maybe we just forgot He meant it literally.

G.I. Joe:
I don’t know if I’ve got that much mercy in me, Bono. I can’t forgive these international moneylending vultures, the ones who profit from misery. They feed off the suffering of the poor and call it “interest.”

Bono:
Then start smaller, Joe. Maybe you don’t have to forgive them. Maybe you forgive us. Forgive Canada’s debts — the student loans, the small-town farmers, the single mothers paying 20% on their credit cards. That’s a start.

G.I. Joe:
Canada’s debts… yeah. I could live with that. Jubilee North.

Bono:
That’s the spirit, soldier. The first revolution is always spiritual. Before the numbers fall, the hearts have to change.

G.I. Joe:
Then let’s start with that prayer again — the real one.

Bono (quietly):
Our Father… forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

(They bow their heads — two unlikely prophets, whispering a rebellion disguised as a prayer.)

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Jubilee Rising

“Jubilee Rising” (A U2-style song)

Verse 1
A quarter-century, the bells still ring,
The echo of freedom, the song we sing.
From the broken streets to the highest halls,
We tore down the chains, we answered the call.

The weight of the world, it was not too much,
For the hands that reached and the hearts they touched.
Debt forgiven, a world set free,
On the wings of hope, a jubilee.

Chorus
Oh, let the walls come tumbling down,
Let the lost be found, let love abound.
For every tear, a brighter sky,
Jubilee rising, we will not deny.

Verse 2
The voices silenced, they now proclaim,
The dignity rising, they speak their names.
In the shadowlands, where the broken kneel,
We brought the light, we made it real.

Twenty-five years, but the work’s not done,
Still chasing justice beneath the sun.
Bono’s song, it carries on,
A hymn of mercy, a rebel’s dawn.

Chorus
Oh, let the walls come tumbling down,
Let the lost be found, let love abound.
For every tear, a brighter sky,
Jubilee rising, we will not deny.

Bridge
It’s not just numbers, it’s lives reborn,
It’s the peace that follows the storm.
From Dublin’s streets to Africa’s plains,
The dream persists, the song remains.

Chorus
Oh, let the walls come tumbling down,
Let the lost be found, let love abound.
For every tear, a brighter sky,
Jubilee rising, we will not deny.

Outro
So sing the song, let the future see,
What love can do, what it means to be free.
Debt erased, the captives fly,
Jubilee rising, under a boundless sky.