There is an Ojibway legend that says that the Creator has called the Aboriginal peoples to be the bearers of the Sacred Fire. When they moved to a new place, it was the sacred duty of the people to carry the fire with them to kindle it in the new community. The Creator, they believe, will permit six fires to be kindled in their journey. The kindling of the seventh fire signals the beginning of a new creation. That sounds rather like John the Divine in the Book of Revelation.
Many Aboriginal people believe that it is time to kindle the seventh fire.
It must be kindled by the diverse people of the world red people, black people, yellow people, white people. And so in our service we face in four directions representing the diversity of our world. We make a commitment to a new creation. We were warned in our opening story that the ram's horn is hard to play. The new year is hard to play too.