· May God the Father who made us bless us.
May God the Son send his healing among us.
May God the Holy Spirit move within us and give us
eyes to see with,
ears to hear with,
and hands that God’s work might be done.
May we walk with God and preach the Word of God to all.
May the angel of peace watch over us and lead us at
last by God’s grace to the kingdom. Amen.
Dazzling
Another morning and I wake with thirst
for the goodness I do not have. I walk
out to the pond and all the way God has
given us such beautiful lessons.
Oh Lord,
I was never a quick scholar but sulked
and hunched over my books past the hour
and the bell; grant me, in your mercy,
a little more time. Love for the earth
and love for you are having such a long
conversation in my heart.
Who knows what
will finally happen or where I will be sent,
yet already I have given a great many things
away, expecting to be told to pack nothing,
except the prayers which, with this thirst,
I am slowly learning.
What lies behind us
And what
lies before us
Are
small matters
Compared
to what lies
Within us.
(emerson)
Sister Rose Hoover
Look
to this day
for
it is life
the
very life of life.
In
its brief course lie all
the
realities and truths
the
joy of growth
the
splendor of action
the
glory of power.
For
yesterday is but a memory
and
tomorrow is only a vision.
But
today well lived
makes
every yesterday
a
memory of happiness
and
every tomorrow
a
vision of hope.
Look
well, therefore, to this day . . .
~
an ancient Sanskrit poem ~
