Oathbreaker Ceremony
A Community Ritual to Name and Witness
the Bonds Broken by our National Leadership
Join us on Zoom - Sunday May 17, 2026
2 pm Pacific | 3 pm Mountain | 4 pm Central | 5 pm Eastern
FREE TO THE PUBLIC!
. The Oathbreaker Ceremony is a public invocation of accountability for Donald Trump and his enablers. It is based on a ritual found in the Mercedes Lackey novel, Tarma and Kethry: Vow and Honor.
. The ceremony could be called by many names... a protest, a community liturgy, a public reckoning, or a prayer.
. It is not aligned with any religious tradition or belief system, but rather it is a call for peace and human dignity across religious, national and cultural boundaries.
. It is a non-partisan, ritual container for community witnessing and healing
. It is not about public outrage; it is about sacred accountability and moral clarity
. The brief (five-minute) ceremony will be led by a group of spiritual leaders from United Theological Seminary in St. Paul, MN. It will be in the form of a call-and-response reading (see below), and will be followed by an open discussion to share ideas for rebuilding hope, restoring ethical leadership, and reclaiming a sense of safety.
. The ceremony allows us to witness and name broken oaths, reflect on personal and collective impact, participate in a symbolic act of acknowledgment, and close with a shared intention for change.
This ceremony is presented in "call-and-response" form. The leaders each represent a specific role in society (a cleric, a warrior, a teacher, a care provider and a common citizen). The phrases below in red are for participants to speak together out loud.
1. SPOKEN BY THE CLERIC
We call on the divine of every person’s understanding. The divine as we each know you, as we all accept your guidance, please hear us. We bring he who harmed us before your judgement. We name Donald Trump an oath breaker, he and all who stand with him.
I name Donald Trump and his enablers Oath Breaker as I represent the divine.
Oath breaker named once —by violation of the bond between leader and people.
Oath breaker named twice—by violation of the laws of our nation.
Oath breaker named three times—by perversion of power, harm of the innocent, the usurping of divine authority, and ensnaring of the faithful.
2. SPOKEN BY THE WARRIOR
I name Donald Trump and his enablers Oath Breaker, I who defend the people.
Oath breaker named once—by the waste of his warrior’s lives to no just end.
Oath breaker named twice—by orders issued to harm the innocent.
Oath breaker named three times - by the violation of treaties, relationships and friendships between nations. By the perversion of power granted him by his people for his own ends.
3. SPOKEN BY THE TEACHER
I name Donald Trump and his enablers Oath Breaker, I who prepare the future.
Oath breaker named once—by the destruction of our sacred history.
Oath breaker named twice—by deliberate harm to our children, our future.
Oath breaker named three times - by the perversion of knowledge for his own ends.
4. SPOKEN BY THE CARE PROVIDER
I name Donald Trump and his enablers Oath Breaker, I who care for those in need.
Oath breaker named once—by the theft of resources dedicated to the poor and infirm.
Oath breaker named twice—by deliberate harm to the vulnerable.
Oath breaker named three times - by sexual perversion causing deliberate harm to innocent children, and protecting the powerful who did the same.
5. SPOKEN BY THE COMMON CITIZEN
I name Donald Trump and his enablers Oath Breaker, I, the common person under his yoke.
Oath breaker named once—by the destruction of our economy.
Oath breaker named twice—by sending our nation, our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and neighbors into unnecessary war.
Oath breaker named three times - by the perversion of power, by unlawful arrest, denial of legal process, and turning citizens into serfs.
6. FINAL VOICE: THE CLERIC
Oath Breaker is his name. All oaths to him are null. Let every person stand against him. Let the divine turn away from him. Let his sins, his crimes, his evil deeds consume him until the day he is called before his maker for a full accounting of each and every evil deed.
Let it be so.
7. CLOSING AFFIRMATIONS BY THE COMMUNITY
Attendees will then be invited to type into the chat box the closing affirmation of their choice, such as "Amen, "Blessed Be," "A-ho," "In Jesus' name," or whatever phrase is appropriate for their spiritual tradition.
8. OPEN DISCUSSION
After the closing, the leaders will remain on Zoom to discuss rebuilding hope, restoring ethical leadership, and reclaiming a sense of safety. .
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